Science Exam #1

Question 1

What is science?

Answer 1

Science is the process, a pursuit, practical activity and application. Science is a way of knowing- understanding/ explaining the natural world.

Question 2

Topics identified within the different areas of science.

Answer 2

Life science: The human body, plant and animal cells, heredity.
Earth and Space (Astronomy and Geology) : Rocks, planets
Physical science: Gravity, inertia, energy and conservation

Question 3

Hypothesis

Answer 3

An educated guess based on observations and your knowledge of the topic.

Question 4

Inference

Answer 4

An idea explained as a reaction to what was observed

Question 5

Classifying

Answer 5

The process scientists use to impose order on collections of objects or events

Question 6

Inquiry strategies in science

Answer 6

-Asking questions
-Developing models
-Planning and carrying out investigations
-Analyzing and interpreting data

Question 7

Scope

Answer 7

The range and depth of content

Question 8

Sequence

Answer 8

The order in which content is addressed

Question 9

Inquiry

Answer 9

Not teaching everything but allowing students discover

Question 10

Assimilation

Answer 10

Describes how we combine new experiences with existing ideas

Question 11

Accommodation

Answer 11

Changing the mental model when new evidence cannot be reconciled with prior understanding.

Question 12

Discrepant Event

Answer 12

An event that piques curiosity and a desire to seek an explanation

Question 13

Preconceptions

Answer 13

Ideas that are incomplete

Question 14

Misconceptions

Answer 14

Ideas that are inaccurate

Question 15

What is the 5E Instructional Strategies and how do you use it?

Answer 15

A strategy that helps provide useful inquiry-based learning experiences.
-Engage
-Explore
-Explain
-Elaborate
-Evaluate

Question 16

What are the process skills?

Answer 16

-Predicting
-Identifying variables
-Designing experimental controls

Question 17

What are the 3 domains

Answer 17

Cognitive, affective and psychomotor

Question 18

Define constructivism

Answer 18

Learners construct knowledge rather than just taking it in

Question 19

Define cognitivist

Answer 19

Students learn best from being pushed to think critically, learning through questions

Question 20

What is NGSS? What are the crosscutting concepts and core ideas of it?

Answer 20

Next Generation Science Standards.
-Asking questions
-Developing and using model
-Planning and carrying out investigation
-Analyzing and interpreting data
-Using mathematics and computational thinking
-Constructing explanations
-Engaging in argument from evidence
-Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Question 21

Define independent variable

Answer 21

The variable that causes the dependent variable to change (The variable that is changes in the experiment)

Question 22

Define dependent variable

Answer 22

The variable that is observed, measured and changes based on the independent variable.

Question 23

Define controlled variable

Answer 23

Things that could change but don’t they stay constant.

Question 24

What are naive concepts

Answer 24

Conceptions that one is embedded with unwilling to accept new ways.

Question 25

Who is Piaget, Bruner, and Vyogtsky and what are their theories in education? What is the ZPD?

Answer 25

Piaget- 4 stages of cognitive development
Bruner- We learn best when we go from concrete to abstract (Inquiry)
Vygotsky- Social learning (ZPD)
ZPD- Zone of Proximal Development students learn best through social interaction and practicing what they’re learning after it has been modeled to them

Question 26

Demonstrations and activities complete in this course thus far

Answer 26

-Dry ice rockets
-Helicopters
-Candlesticks
-Paper towel absorbancy

Question 27

Safety in the classroom

Answer 27

-No open flame
- No food or drink
-Goggles on
-Don’t directly look into vials

Question 28

What are the strategies for teaching and how do we use them?

Answer 28

Wait time: Waiting a few seconds for student responses to allow them time to process and think of a response.

Jigsaw method: Students all research their own portion of a concept and come together to share their findings

Question 29

What is the spiral curriculum?

Answer 29

A curriculum that builds off of previous knowledge and grade level. Basic concepts are repeated in advanced ways a students get older.

Question 30

Observation in science

Answer 30

Using the 5 senses to make observations on the content (intellectual vs. sensory)

Question 31

Science notebooks

Answer 31

A way for students to document their learning and make observations and predictions