This document discusses key concepts for thinking like a scientist including observation, inference, prediction, data analysis, classification, models, and important scientist attitudes like curiosity and honesty. It also outlines the five key parts that should be included in all science lab notebooks: objectives, materials, procedures, results, and conclusions.

1. Thinking Like a Scientist

2. Observation 7

3. Observation Using one or more of your senses to gather information 7

5. Descriptions (no numbers)7

8. Data Analysis What do chimps eat? Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Meat, Insects, Blossoms, & Other Eat more seeds or leaves? Percent of diet made up of blossoms, seeds, leaves, fruit, and insects? 97% November is main termite fishing season… 9

11. Scientist Attitudes Curiosity Honesty Open-minded/Skeptical Creative 12

12. Lab Notebook Proper Heading (top right) Name (first, last) Science Lab Notebook 2008 Table of Contents TitlePage Five Key Parts to All Labs iii (bottom of each page write a page number) i., ii., iii.

13. Five Key Parts to All Labs 1. Objectives Why are you doing this? 2. Materials What supplies do you need? 3. Procedures/Methods How will you do it? 4. Results What happened? (OBSERVATIONS ONLY) 5. Conclusion What do the results mean (INFER)? What might you do next time (PREDICT)?