Science Process Skills

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Science Process Skills

• Gimme Five
• Or
• What kind of fingerprints do you have?

By Michele Koomen
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Prelude

• This PowerPoint presentation has been prepared to
  offer preservice teachers an opportunity to
  explore the science process skills while working
  in a cooperative learning group.
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  each science process skills.
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each process skill.
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Observation

• What is observation?
• Observation is the process beginning with
  identifying and describing the characteristics
  and properties of objects and events.
• Question to think about during observation
• What do my fingerprints look like?

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Observation

• Use a hand lense to examine your fingerprints,
  carefully. What do you notice?
• Questions to think about
• What kinds of patterns do you see in the lines
  (ridegs) and valleys (spaces) in your
  fingerprints?

http//www.hft-1018.org/Search.htm
Fingerprint pattern rfom AIMS
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Classification

• What is classification?
• Classification is the process of sorting objects,
  ideas, and events into groups according to
  identified criteria.
• Question to think about during classification
• What type of fingerprints do I have?
• What are the main types of fingerprints?

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Classification

• Where can I find information on the three types
  of fingerprints?
• AIMS
• The Henry System

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Prediction

• What is prediction?
• Prediction usually begins when someone asks What
  do you think will happen? or What is your best
  guess?
• Question to think about while predicting
• What kind of fingerprints do you think will be
  represented the most in our class?Loop, or arch,
  or whorl?
• Write your prediction down.

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Prediction

• Prediction is making your best guess.
• Looking at the fingerprint on your right index
  finger. What finger print type do you have? What
  type of fingerprint do you think will represented
  by the majority of your classmates?

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Transition

• Now that you have become familiar with
  observation, classification, and prediction with
  fingerprints, we will need to learn how to lift
  your fingerprints.

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Technique to Lift Fingerprints 1
Take a sharp pencil.Pull off one Post-it note.
Rub the pencil over the Post-it note until the
entire Post-it note is covered with pencil
rubbing.
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Technique to Lift Fingerprints 2

• Use your right Index finger. Rub your right index
  finger over the pencil rubbing on the Post-it
  until your finger is coated with pencil grime.

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Technique to Lift Fingerprints 3

• How can I lift my fingerprints?

• Pull off a piece of clear plastic tape.
• Rub the tape over the pencil grime on your
  right index finger.

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Technique to Lift Fingerprints 4

• Place the tape with finger print on a clean
  Post-it note.
• Observe your fingerprint with a hand lense.

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Collecting and Recording Data

• What is collecting and recording data?
• Students are asked to sort and classify data into
  a frame of organization that reflects rules and
  structure. Collecting and organizing data
  encompasses communication skills. This process
  initially relies on observation.
• Question to think about during colleting and
  recording of data
• How can we sort and classify our data (types of
  fingerprints) so that the data tells a story?
• How can we make sense of our data?

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Collecting and Recording Data


Loop Arch Whorl

• One way to organize data is to make a three
  column bar-graph. Students would place their
  fingerprint from their right index finger on the
  graph.
• Students can interpret the data which tells the
  story of the data for this question.

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Comparison

• What is comparison?
• Comparing is a distinct process where people
  systematically examine objects and events in
  terms of similarities and differences. By
  comparing the known to the unknown, one gains
  knowledge about the unknown.
• Question to think about when comparing
• How do our other fingerprints compare to our
  right index finger print?

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Comparison

• Repeat the procedure for lifting of right index
  finger print (slides 10-13).
• Organize the data of all of your fingerprints
  into several bar graphs..

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Inference

• What is inference
• Inference is the process of suggesting more
  information about an object or event than is
  readily observable. The process of realizing
  ideas that are not directly observable is the
  process of inferring.
• Questions to think about
• Now, that we know the fingerprint type that is
  represented the most in our class what can we
  infer from this information about the
  fingerprints of the student body at Gustavus
  Adolphus College?

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Hypothesis

• What is hypothesis?
• Hypothesis is the formalized statement of an idea
  based on observations and inference. It is
  basically the I think statement that students
  make as they begin to experiment with their
  ideas.
• Question to think about for hypothesis
• How can we use our inferences regarding our
  fingerprints in the greater Gustavus student body
  as a hypothesis?

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Hypothesis

• Hypothesis may be an I think statement that is
  one answer to our question.
• Based on our initial information, we think ______
  will be the most prevalent fingerprint
  type in the greater Gustavus student body.

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Application

• What is application?
• After observing, collecting data measuring,
  predicting, and making inferences, students needs
  to see practical applications for science skills
  in the real world. Students need a sense of
  relevance of what they are studying to their own
  problems, interest, and ways of thinking about
  the world.
• Questions to think about during the application
  process
• What is the point of what we have done?
• How does this activity help us to think about the
  development of the science process skills in
  elementary school?
• Who would need to know this information about
  fingerprints?

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Application

• This is a multi-layered activity.
• What do you think are some of the layers?
• What do you think the goals and objectives of
  this lesson are?

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Resources

• Science Methods Resources for Science Process
  Skills
• Description of Science Process Skills
• Gimme Five as a Sample Lesson Plan
• Adobe Reader AIMS Lesson