Science Content Guiding Questions

What is the relationship between a good chain and a food web?

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7. What is the relationship between Predator and Prey?

A predator is an animal that eats another animal. The animal getting eaten is the prey.

The graph above shows that as the population of the predator (fox) gets too high then the prey population (rabbit) goes down. When the prey population goes down then the predator doesn't have enough food and the prey population goes down. Because there are less predators then the prey population goes back up. This goes on and on and on....

Science Skill Guiding Questions

11. How do you make good scientific observations ?

1. Give Clear Specific Details

2. Use the five senses to describe

• Object’s size
• Shape
• Color
• Texture
• Smell
• Sound

3. Use similes and metaphors to compare and contrast the object

4. Use labeled drawings and pictures when possible

5. Use measurement (numbers) whenever possible

12. How do your write a good experiment question?

1. Avoid starting with "why" or "How Come"

2. Have something to measure

3. Have two things to compare

4. Be stated as a question

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