1. Materials: worksheet
**Turn in Biome Lab to the front tray Catalyst (5 min): Science is great, but not for everything. Read the four questions below and decide if they are testable, scientific questions. Write TESTABLE or NOT TESTABLE 1. Do plants grow more leaves with distilled water or with water from the sink? 2. What is the best independent reading book for me? 3. What is the meaning of life? 4. Do people lose more weight on a diet of salads or of chips and candy?

2. Elite Eight Trait Check-Up
Respect the Threshold
Everyone on time?
Silent for First Five?
Be Prepared (2 min)
Seated
Have materials
Working on catalyst

3. Class Motto
If there is a problem, We look for a solution. If there is a better way, We find it. If we need help, We ask. If a teammate needs help, We give.

4. Announcements I will accept late GIZMO labs and Lebron Projects
Star Quiz 4: Levels of Organization and Symbiosis
Periods 1, 2, 4, 6: Thursday
Periods 5, 7: Friday
Tutorial Today at 3:15!
SWIM SEASON BEGINS OCT 21!  Sign up outside my door if interested! Get 3 forms from me
TSA meeting TODAY at 3:15 in Room 115
Science Club Meeting Thursday after school!

5. Science and Engineering Expo
Each student will conduct an experiment for Forest Park’s Science and Engineering Expo.
You may also invent a new product to solve an issue you see in your daily life.

6. Believe it or not…
People are inventing and patenting their new ideas each and every day.
It all started with a problem

8. Would you buy?

9. Balding Parent? Would they buy?

10. Would you be curious about…?
What is the most effective way to curb snack cravings?

11. Skepticism about what’s for sale
Do diet pills really work?

12. Potential Science Expo Project
Does changing the temperature of the human tongue affect the tastebuds’ ability to taste sweet, sour, bitter, or salty foods?

13. Would you be curious about…?
Is it possible to implant false memories?

14. Skepticism about what’s for sale
How effective is ‘brain training’ software such as Lumosity?

15. Potential Science Expo Project
Does multitasking decrease the brain’s ability to learn new things?

16. Would you buy? Banana Slicer? Hotdog Slicer? Spam Slicer?

17. Products that fill a (marketable) need

18. Objective
I can articulate the requirements for the Science and Engineering Expo
Exposure to the different fields of science
Timeline
I can identify a testable research question.
I can create several testable research questions for the Science/Engineering Expo

19. Different Fields of Science
Life Science
Biotechnology Techniques
Genetics & Genomics
Human Biology & Health
Mammalian Biology
Medical Biotechnology
Microbiology
Plant Biology
Zoology

20. Different Fields of Science
Physical Science
Aerodynamics & Hydrodynamics
Astronomy
Chemistry
Cooking & Food Science
Music
Photography, Digital Photography, & Video
Physics
Sports Science

21. Different Fields of Science
Earth & Environmental Science
Environmental Science
Geology
Ocean Sciences
Weather & Atmosphere

22. Different Fields of Science
Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electricity & Electronics
Energy & Power
Environmental Engineering
Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering
Robotics

23. Different Fields of Science
Behavioral & Social Science
Human Behavior
Sociology
Animal Behavior
Consumer Behavior
Neuroscience

24. I can identify a testable research question

25. Ask yourself these 5 questions…

26. You be the Teacher!
Grade the following Science Expo research questions and hypotheses

31. I can create several testable research questions for the Science/Engineering Expo

32. Ms. Nay’s Science Expo Project
Setting: As a child, I had 2 pet bunnies. Their cages consisted of a litter box that had to be cleaned every other day.
Problem: I hated to clean out their cages using the plastic litter box.
Question: Would a disposable bunny litter box be more effective than the plastic type?

33. Background Research Background research:
Has something like this been invented before?
How many households have bunnies as pets?
Is it cost effective?

34. Ms. Nay’s Experimental Design
Independent Variable:
Use of disposable or plastic litter box.
Dependent Variable:
Ease of cleaning out cage.
Preference of buyer.

35. Things I had to consider/Keep constant
Type of animal being used