Scientific Communication

When a scientist says "I see a pattern" or "we can make a chart" it is part of....

• Adding to someone else's idea

• Organizing Data and Observations

• Agreeing or disagreeing with others

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When a scientist says "we can get new ideas from researching on the Internet..." a scientist is..

• observing

• Thinking of an idea or claim

• searching for new ideas from other sources

When a scientist is asking why and how, he/she might say ___?

• "I wonder"

• "we could get better evidence if we"

• "I disagree with __ because ___"

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If a scientist is adding onto someone else's ideas, the scientist might say __.

• "I think we could make a graph"

• "I think I am going to change my idea"

• "I want to piggyback on George's idea"

If a scientist says "we could get better evidence if we...", then a scientist is ____.

• explaining his/her data

• disagreeing with others ideas

• suggesting to do an experiment to get more evidence

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When a scientist says "my idea is to draw a picture to show ..., the a scientist is _____.

• thinking of an idea, claim, prediction, or model to explain observations

• organizing data and observations

• adding onto someone else's ideas

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When a scientist does give a reason for evidence to explain data, the scientist might say ___.

• "I noticed ..."

• "the reason I think my evidence supports .."

• "that idea makes sense to me because

When a scientist is observing, a scientist might say ___.

• "that ideas doesnt' make sense because ..."

• "we could get some new ideas"

• "I see and I measured"

When a scientist says "I disagree with __ because ___", a scientist is

• considering new ideas to make sense

• searching for new ideas from other resources

• suggesting an experiment or an activity to get more evidence

• agreeing or disagreeing with others' ideas

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When a scientist says "what is their evidence", a scientist is ____.

• considering if new ideas makes sense

• giving evidence for your idea or claim

• asking why and how questions

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