1. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 SCSh8 Students will understand important features of the process of scientific inquiry.

2. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 EQ: What are the important features of the process of scientific inquiry?

3. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 How Science Takes Place How do scientists explore the world?

4. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-1 How Science Takes Place A scientist may perform experiments to find a new aspect of the natural world, to explain a known phenomenon, to check the results of other experiments, or to test the predictions of current theories.

5. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-2 How Science Take Place, continued Scientists investigate.

6. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-3 How Science Take Place, continued Scientists plan experiments.

7. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-3 How Science Take Place, continued Scientists observe.

8. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-4 How Science Take Place, continued Scientists always test the results.

9. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 The Branches of Science How are the many types of science organized?

10. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-5 The Branches of Science Natural science is divided into biological science, physical science and Earth science.

11. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-6 The Branches of Science science: the knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions in order to discover facts and formulate laws or principles that can be verified or tested

12. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-7 The Branches of Science, continued biological science: the science of living things botany, ecology

13. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-8 The Branches of Science, continued physical science: the science of matter and energy chemistry: the science of matter and its changes physics: the science of forces and energy

14. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-9 The Branches of Science, continued earth science: the science of the Earth, the atmosphere, and weather geology, meteorology

15. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-10 The Branches of Science, continued pure science: the continuing search for scientific knowledge

16. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-11 The Branches of Science, continued technology: the application of science for practical purposes

17. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 Scientific Laws and Theories What are scientific theories, and how are they different from scientific laws?

18. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-12 Scientific Laws and Theories Theories explain why something happens, laws explain how something works.

19. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-13 Scientific Laws and Theories law: a descriptive statement or equation that reliably predicts events under certain conditions

20. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-14 Scientific Laws and Theories theory: a system of ideas that explains many related observations and is supported by a large body of evidence acquired through scientific investigation

21. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-15 Scientific Laws and Theories, continued Experimental results support laws and theories.

22. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-16 Scientific Laws and Theories, continued Scientific theories are always being questioned and examined.

23. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-17 Scientific Laws and Theories, continued To be valid, a theory must: explain observations be repeatable be predictable

24. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-18 Scientific Laws and Theories, continued qualitative statement: describes something with words

25. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-19 Scientific Laws and Theories, continued quantitative statement: describes something with mathematical equations or numbers

26. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-20 Scientific Laws and Theories, continued Theories and laws are always being tested..

27. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-21 Scientific Laws and Theories, continued model: a representation of an object or event that can be studied to understand the real object or event

28. Introduction to ScienceSection 1 1-1-22 Scientific Laws and Theories, continued Scientists use conceptual, physical, and computer models to study objects and events.