scientific instruments
TRANSCRIPT
I SEE SOMETHING YOU DON’T SEE…Using scientific instruments to measure/ gather information for making scientific comparisons.
TERMS
Technology: Tools/ Crafts that people use
Comparison: the act or process of examining two or more people or
things in order to discover similarities and differences between them
Invention: new idea, device, or process
STANDARD INDICATOR >4.1.5
Demonstrate how measuring instruments, such as microscopes, telescopes, and cameras, can be used to gather accurate information for making scientific comparisons of objects and events. Note that measuring instruments, such as rulers, can also be used for designing and constructing things that will work properly.
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WHAT THIS IS USED FOR…
• Is an instrument to
see objects too small
for the naked eye.
• It is used to look
and observe things
such as cells of
various things. The Microscope!
You might see a
lot of my within
your science
labs. Especially
in Biology.
WHAT IS IT USED FOR?
• It is used to look at really small things.
• As the title of the instrument states, it magnifies things because of the shape of the glass within the instrument.
• Almost like a microscope only not as powerful.
The Magnifying Glass
A man named Sherlock
Holmes used this a lot to
help him solve
his mysteries.
WHO WAS THIS INVENTED BY AGAIN?
You might think of a
man that was named
Galileo, but it is
actually traced all of
the way back before
him. It was invented in
the Netherlands
around the 17th
century.
It is an instrument
designed for the
observation of objects
that are far away.
The Telescope
Think of the Stars and Planets
when you see on of
these?
THIS ISN’T THE SAME THING THAT MIGHT SIT ON YOUR BATHROOM FLOOR…
• a measuring instrument for determining the weight.
•In order to find the correct weight you might place an actually weight on one side and then the item being weighted on the other.
•This scale is based on balance. A Weight Scale
You might have seen me in a
kitchen or @ the supermarket.
THIS CAN BE USED FOR MANY THINGS IN SCIENCE…
•a device that records images, either as a still photograph or as moving images known as videos or movies.
•This can be used to observe and compare animals, rocks, people, trees, almost anything in nature. Even cars and houses.
The Camera
Ahhh, something a little bit more familiar.
ACTIVITY
Take the nature pictures that are in the box and look at them carefully.
What do you see? Think in detail.
What colors do you see? How big do each of the objects appear to be? What assumptions could you make from these
pictures?
ACTIVITY CONT…
Now look @ the scientific instrument pictures. Decide which instrument / instruments would be
most useful to observe and compare each of the nature pictures.
You can go as far as thinking about the objects within the pictures. Ex. What would you use to look @ the planets? Ex. What would you use to see those people in the
mountain ruins from far away?
ACTIVITY CONT…Have some fun with it.Make up your own questions and let
me know the answers. If it is a question that you do not
know the answer to, write it down. I might be able to answer it for you.
FINALLY
Fill out the small sheet that I
put together.
If you need help, just let me
know.