SAVVAS Unit 1 Lesson 1 Vocabulary

A way of learning about the natural world

• predicting

• science

• observing

• inferring

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

using one or more of your senses to gather information

• observing

• science

• inferring

• predicting

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NGSS.4-LS1-2

observations that deal with numbers or amounts

• qualitative observations

• quantitative observations

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

observations that deal with

descriptions

• qualitative observations

• quantitative observations

grouping together of items that are alike in some way

• predicting

• inferring

• observing

• classifying

Comparing data & observations to reach a conclusion about them

• predicting

• evaluating

• classifying

• inferring

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

making a statement or claim about what will happen in the future based upon past evidence or observations

• inferring

• prediction

• classifying

• evaluating

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

the factor or variable that is deliberately changed in an experiment; what you change on purpose

• dependent variable

• independent variable

the variable that changes due to the independent variable; what you are measuring in an experiment

• dependent variable

• independent variable

The process of grouping together items that are alike in some way

• classifying

• inferring

• predicting

• observing