1. How is the scientific method used in every-day life?
Objectives
100S.SI.1.B Understand a simple experimental design by defining and sequencing the steps of the scientific method.
Agenda
Left Top: EES Mastery Data
Right Side: Scientific Method Chart
Left Bottom: EES Mastery Data Part 2
Practice: Identifying the Scientific Method in Real Life
Assessment: Exit Ticket

2. Left Side: Copy the following onto the top of p. 7
Ms. Wagner looking at the EES Content Mastery Tracker and noticed that more students in her 1st block have earned mastery on Unit 1 Quiz 1 than students in her 3rd block.
List three possible explanations for this observation.
What information would you need to determine which explanation is the best explanation for the difference in mastery levels?

3. The Scientific Method
All science is based on two assumptions: 1. That the natural world behaves in a consistent and predictable manner 2. That we can understand and explain the natural world through careful, systematic study. The scientific method is a means for investigating and testing a question, hypothesis or prediction about the natural world.

4. Scientific Method Steps
EES Content Mastery
Problem
Ms. Wagner was comparing the EES Content Mastery Tracker and noticed that more students in her 1st block have earned mastery on Unit 1 Quiz 1 than students in her 3rd block.
Hypothesis
If students are present in class, then they will earn mastery because they have practiced learning the information in class.
Experiment
Ms. Wagner counted the number of absences that she entered into NC Wise for each class since the beginning of the semester.
Data
Period 1 Total Student Absences – 18
Period 3 Total Student Absences - 70
Accept or reject hypothesis
Draw a conclusion
Make suggestions for the future experiment