What is, and is not, considered scientific Empirical Evidence What is, and is not, considered scientific TEACHER NOTES below Materials per student: sheet of copy paper, pencil, colored pencils, scissors Super-Simple Procedure: Click through the PowerPoint and have students do everything shown on the screen! Other Notes: Change any text you like in the ppt Teachers-make one of these graphic organizers for yourself so you have an example to show, and because it makes you more descriptive when doing the lesson. Print these slides to help you present. Click Print under “Print what:” select “Handouts (6 Slides per page)” See notes on later slides for more info. Thanks for using this lesson.

Non-Empirical Empirical Fold top down How to fold and cut the paper Cut at 11cm over, top sheet only!

Empirical Non-Empirical Add color Add some color

Non-Empirical Do 5 others on your own Empirical evidence is observed and measured. Example statements: The room temperature is _____ °c Non-Empirical List definition of empirical and examples My examples/how I finished this door: The room temperature is 23.7 C My table is 1.3 meters long There are 17 boys in this class Class will end in 12 minutes The ball bounces 15 cm when dropped from 100 Yesterday’s high temperature was 71 F Do 5 others on your own

Empirical Do 5 others on your own Example statements: I don’t like the room temperature. Empirical List non-empirical examples My examples/how I finished this door: I don’t like the room temperature Candy makes you smart The best move is “It’s A Wonderful Life” Wearing red shirts helps you score more points in basketball When the groundhog sees it’s shadow there’s 6 more weeks of winter Girls are better at math than boys Do 5 others on your own