 Take out any signed paperwork you didn’t turn in yesterday.  Read through the Duke University Honor Code at your tables.

1. Take out your signed syllabus slip and parent contact form. 2. Brainstorm: What is Science? (Make a Circle map at your table.)

 The study of the natural world.  Based on Observations and FACTS  CHANGING!  Inquiry- an examination of a matter in a search for information or truth.  Scientists conduct inquiries using the SCIENTIFIC METHOD.

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 Eddie Murphy as The Nutty Professor 5

 What leads you to believe that this man may be a scientist? 6

 Sponge Bob Square Pants  Burger Flipper 7

 Stephen Hillenburg Marine Biologist  Sponge Bob’s Creator 8

 Physics: Engineer for Boeing-designing fighter jets  Bill Nye The Science Guy: Television show that combines science and FUN!  "Leave the world better than you found it. Sometimes you gotta pick up somebody else's trash." 9

 Dr. Bruce Jackson  Co-founder of the African- American DNA Roots Project. 10

 Anna McGowan  A scientist at NASA  She leads a research group that is developing material to allow airplane wings to repair themselves 11

 Stephen Hawking  Motor neurone disease  Uses a motorized wheelchair, and a computerized speech-synthesizer  Developed several theories about the nature and origins of our universe 12

 Ellen Ochoa  Astronaut – First Hispanic- American Woman in Space 13

 Albert Einstein  Asperger’s Syndrome (a type of autism)  Theory of Relativity 14

 Dian Fossey as a young adult. 15

 Dian Fossey as an adult.  Field researcher and anthropologist.  Groundbreaking work with Mountain Gorillas of Africa. 16

 Take out your Honor Code paper from yesterday. On the Duke University side, brainstorm 3 “I will…” statements to add to OUR honor code.

1. Homework on your desk.  Lab Safety Contract  Website Scavenger Hunt  Paperwork you forgot yesterday. 2. On the ¼ Sheet of Paper- Write out instructions for how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

The Scientific Method is a series of steps that are used to investigate a natural occurrence.

 What do you want to know or explain?  Written as a TESTABLE QUESTION!

 Make observations and research your topic of interest.  What do we need to know to understand the results?

 An educated guess or informed prediction that answers the question.

 A set of procedures designed and carried out in order to answer the question.  Include materials  Outcome must be measurable (quantifiable).

 Control  Control: what you compare results to  Constants  Constants: stay the same.  Variable:  Variable: Changes  Independent Variable  Independent Variable: What YOU change in an experiment.  ONLY ONE!!!!  Dependent Variable  Dependent Variable: what you MEASURE

The hypothesis is an educated guess about the relationship between the independent and dependent variables.

 Gather and interpret data.  Include tables, graphs, and photographs.  What do the results mean?

1. Restate the Question 2. Restate the Hypothesis Was it SUPPORTED or NOT SUPPORTED? 3. State the Results 4. Explain the Results- answer the question!

Exit Ticket What is a control and why do we need one?

Exit Ticket List the steps of the scientific method.

 Why can there only be one independent variable in an experiment?

 List three types of data you can collect in an experiment. (Example: Height)

 List the 6 steps of the scientific method in order.

Questions, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analysis and Conclusion.

 True or False: There are multiple versions of the scientific method.

TRUE

 True or False: You can repeat steps of the scientific method as needed.

TRUE

 What is a control?

The standard for comparison in an experiment.

 What is a dependent variable?

It’s the variable you measure in an experiment.