Tuesday, August 23, 2016

HAPPY TUESDAY! Design a simple experiment. Choose an independent variable and dependent variable. Choose two variables that will be held constant during the experiment. Ideas: Dog food, water temperature, fish, hours of TV

Agenda ◦Bellwork ◦Vocabulary Re-Take ◦Finish What Is Science Notes

What is Science? ◦The process by which we understand the natural world and how it came to be

Science Involves… ◦The Natural World ◦Natural phenomena and explanations ◦Such as…. Science Does Not Involve… ◦The supernatural ◦Such as…

Science investigates testable ideas… ◦It’s not just gathering facts. ◦Science is the process of building, combining, evaluating and connect facts to explain the natural world ◦What does “Testable” means??

There is no one correct “scientific method” ◦Scientific ideas can be observed and interpreted in a variety of ways ◦Different perspectives and ideas increase the amount of scientific knowledge we have ◦Nothing is proven or disproved in science ◦All scientific facts rely on evidence. New evidence can change older ideas.

Science involves the scientific community ◦People work best in groups ◦People in groups can peer-review each other’s work ◦People in groups can share ideas

Science benefits from scientists working in a community ◦In a community, it’s easier to see what work has already been done and what questions already have answers ◦Scientists allow their ideas to be tested by others in the community ◦Act with scientific integrity ◦No hiding evidence ◦No faking data

Science asks more questions than it answers ◦Every question ‘answered’ and every hypothesis ‘tested’ lead to several new questions.