9/20 & 9/21 - 7th Grade Agenda
Learning Objective: Learn the difference between
Quantitative and Qualitative observation
Collect HW: Reading & Notetaking p 11-14.
Late Poster of Science Presentations
Mealworm Lab
Ccms.ccusd.org & PearsonSuccessNet.com website
HW: Reading & Notetaking p.15 - 18
Reminder Metrics & Safety Test on 9/22 & 9/23
Reminder: 2 points extra credit each for bringing the
following printouts from home: Due 9/29 & 9/30
A signed grade printout,
100% correct Chap 1 self assessment (PearsonSuccessNet.com)
This class’s Agenda (ccms.ccusd.org)
Daily Reflection
• Prompt: Look around the room and write
one Quantitative observation and one
Qualitative observation.
Thinking like a Scientist
• Scientists use skills
such as obs_______,
erving
rring
infe______,
pred_______,
icting
clas______,
sifying and
making models to
learn more about the
world and make
scientific progress
Observing
• Observing
means using
one or more of
your sen_____
ses
to gather
information.
Quantitative observation deal
bers or amounts.
with num____
• Can you give me an
example?
• 20% of the students
passed the test.
Qualitative Observation deal with
riptions that cannot be
desc_______
expressed in numbers
• Can you give me
an example?
• The chimp
appears sad.
Inferring
• When you
lain
exp_____
or
interp____
the
ret
things you observe,
you are inferring or
making an
inference
Predicting
• Predicting means
cast of
making a fore____
what will happen in
the future based on
erience
past exp__________
dence
or evi_______.
Classifying
• Classifying is the
process of
uping together
gro_____
items that are alike
in some way
Making models
• Making models
involves creating
sentations of
repre_________
complex objects or
processes.
Quantitative vs Qualitative
Observation
• 20% of the students got an A on the test
Quantitative Observation
Quantitative vs Qualitative
Observation
• There are 15 girls in the classroom
Quantitative Observation
Quantitative vs Qualitative
Observation
• The students are paying attention in the
classroom
Qualitative Observation
Quantitative vs Qualitative
Observation
• 90% of the students are looking at the
teacher
Quantitative Observation
Quantitative vs Qualitative
Observation
• The floor is shiny
Qualitative Observation
Extra Credit Assignments
2 points extra credit each for bringing the
following printouts from home:
A signed grade printout
(https://ccmsabi.ccusd.org/parent/ )
100% correct Chap 1 self assessment
(PearsonSuccessNet.com)
or this class’s Agenda (ccms.ccusd.org)
due: 9/29 & 9/30
Daily Reflection
• Prompt: Observe the mealworm and make
2 quantitative and 2 qualitative
observations.