Investigation 1: Scientific Models

An idea and intellectual construct.

• Physical model

• Black box

• Conceptual model

• Operational model

The way(s) in which conceptual models can expressed.

• Verbally

• Graphically

• Three-Dimensionally

• Mathematically

A three-dimensional concrete construction designed to explain or represent how something looks or works.

• Physical model

• Black box

• Situational model

• Conceptional model

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

This image best represents which type of model?

• Intellectual model

• Physical model

• Operational model

• Situational model

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

This image best represents which type of model?

• Physical model

• Situational model

• Black box

• Conceptual model

A generally accepted term to represent any complex system or object that is not fully accessible to direct observation and that resists thorough understanding.

• Diorama

• Black box

• Graphic organizer

• Blueprint

True or False: The main reason why the Universe, Dinosaurs, and the Earth's Core for example are considered black boxes is because they are accessible.

• True

• False

True or False: Some black boxes are incomprehensible because our sensory access to them is incomplete.

• True

• False

True or False: When we are able to make a few observations of a black box, the objective is to identify it precisely.

• True

• False

The main goal of a model is to?

• Communicates information about that object or process.

• Recreate an exact replica.

• Identify precisely what the concept is aimed to explain.

• Build a three-dimensional model to scale.

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-1