1. SCIENCE INQUIRY

2. What is biology?
The science that studies living things and their relationships to their environment

3. Abiotic : nonliving things
biotic: living things

4. Biotic
Abiotic
Humans
Soil
Animals
Water
Plants
Sun
Leaves
Wind
Trees
Temperature
Decomposers
minerals

5. Science is made up of facts and theories
Facts: are based on experiments and careful observations; the truth
Theories: scientific guesses and possible answers to complex problems

6. What is science inquiry?
Science inquiry is the way scientist get their ideas to explain how the world works
Science inquiry involves asking questions, and locating, interpreting, and processing information from a variety of sources

7. Science Inquiry involves using the scientific method to make sure the information you get is correct and valid

8. What is the scientific method?
A series of steps that are used to investigate a natural occurrence

10. Steps of the Scientific method
1. make an observation

11. 2.Develop a research plan
A research plan involves finding background information

12. 3. Hypothesis An educated guess
a prediction about a possible answer to a problem
Written as an If, then statement
It must be testable

13. 4.Experiment
Experiments are done to test the hypothesis

14. 5. collecting and organizing DATA

15. What are the various methods of recording and organizing data?

17. 6. The results

18. After carefully considering how well the predicted result and the actual result of the experiment correspond, a conclusions statement can be made.

19. If your results matches your hypothesis then you write:
7. Conclusion statement
If your results matches your hypothesis then you write:
The results supports the hypothesis

20. If your results DOES NOT match your hypothesis, then you write:
The results refutes the hypothesis

21. The conclusion is based upon:
Evidence
Peer review

22. 8. Report your findings
. Scientists generally report the results of their research in scientific journals or in papers at conferences.
They report not only the results but also their methodology and any problems or questions that arose during their hypothesis testing.

23. 9. Conduct further research
If the data failed to confirm your initial hypothesis, it's time to come up with a new hypothesis and test it.
Even if a hypothesis is confirmed, further research is necessary to ensure that the results are reproducible and not just a one- time coincidence.

24. Elements of a valid experiment
A. Experimental group: this is the group that gets the experimental treatment
B. Control group: this group remains the same; they don’t get any experimental treatment; Placebo
C. Large sample size

25. D. variety within the sample groups
E. have repeated trials

26. F. Dependent variable:[then]
The end result
Represented by the letter “Y” on a graph

27. G. independent variable:[if]
the item used in the experiment that determines the end results
Represented by the letter “X” on a graph

29. H. Controlled variables:
All the items/things in both the control group and experimental group that are the same