Look at the picture to the right and answer the following questions: 1. What features can you identify in the photograph? 2. Where do you think this photograph came from? 3. If you were an Earth scientist, how could you use this photograph in your work?
Quiz #1: Friday, August 28 › Covers information from 1.1 – 1.3 2 nd and 3 rd – Honors Project #1 (Solving a Global Crisis) DUE NEXT THURSDAY, SEPT. 3 Quiz #2: NEXT TUESDAY, Sept. 1 › Covers information from 1.4 – 1.5 Unit Test #1: NEXT WEDNESDAY, Sept. 2
Daily Goal Agenda Determine independent & dependent variables in an experiment. 1. Warm-Up 2. Observation vs. Inference Notes 3. Optical Illusions 4. Variables Notes 5. Simpsons Practice 6. Exit Ticket
Definition: describing something you are studying, using only facts that you can see, touch, hear or smell. An observation is not an opinion.
Inference: using your observations to make a guess about an object or an outcome.
We can OBSERVE that the turtle is on the stump. We can OBSERVE that the stump is too high for the turtle to climb on. We can INFER that someone put the turtle on the stump.
Fill in each blank with either INFER or OBSERVE 1. We can _____ that someone is smiling. 2. We can _____ that they are happy. 3. We can _____ that a student is writing down their homework. 4. We can _____ that they are a successful student.
1. We can OBSERVE that someone is smiling. 2. We can INFER that they are happy. 3. We can OBSERVE that a student is writing down their homework. 4. We can INFER that they are a successful student.
IDENTIFY TWO OBSERVATIONS AND ONE INFERENCE FOR EACH PICTURE!
Independent Variable: The variable that you CHANGE Dependent Variable: The variable that you observe and MEASURE the RESULT of Change
Observation: A gardener wants to test if the fertilizer, “Easy Grow” will cause more growth (measured by length of stem) on his red roses rather than normal soil. 1. What is the independent variable? 2. What is the dependent variable?
Observation: A gardener wants to test if the fertilizer, “Easy Grow” will cause more growth (measured by length of stem) on his red roses rather than normal soil. 1. Independent Variable: Type of soil [Fertilizer (Grow Easy) or normal soil] 2. Dependent Variable: Length of red rose stems
Experimental group: the subject(s) being tested Control group: the subject(s) who do not receive experimental treatment and are used as a comparison
“Sugar pill” that has no effect Participants’ condition improves thinking they are receiving the drug
Observation: A gardener wants to test if the fertilizer, “Easy Grow” will cause more growth (measured by length of stem) on his red roses rather than normal soil. 1. What is the experimental group? 2. What is the dependent variable?
Observation: A gardener wants to test if the fertilizer, “Easy Grow” will cause more growth (measured by length of stem) on his red roses rather than normal soil. 1. What is the experimental group? Red roses grown in fertilizer 2. What is the dependent variable? Red roses grown in normal soil
Question: Is there a relationship between the number of hours spent studying and the score a student gets on the weekly quiz? Define: 1. Independent Variable 2. Dependent Variable 3. Experimental Group 4. Control Group
1. Independent Variable: Number of hours spent studying 2. Dependent Variable: Score on the weekly quiz 3. Experimental Group: Students studying more (or less) hours than normal 4. Control Group: Students studying their normal amount of hours
A psychologist is studying the effects of steroids on the aggressive behavior of female rats. 24 female rats receive daily injections of a placebo (sugar pill that has no effect), while 24 others receive daily injections of the steroid. Round-the-clock videotapes of the rats allow all aggressive encounters to be counted and timed.
Independent Variable: steroid usage in rats Dependent Variable: aggressive behavior Experimental Group: the rats who received the real steroid treatment Control Group: the rats who received the placebo treatment