1. Science Methods Review
Unit 1
SchulmanLabs 2009

2. What is Science? Science is: Pseudoscience or FAKE science can NOT be:
trying to understand the world around us.
Pseudoscience or FAKE science can NOT be:
tested or repeated

3. What is a scientist? Someone who is:
Observant
Creative
Skeptical
Curious – curiosity makes a scientist WANT to study the world around him or her.
Scientists work in teams to share knowledge that helps generate new ideas.
They must keep accurate records, be open and their experiment must be replicated to be CREDIBLE.

4. Hypothesis or Theory? HAS been tested: CAN be tested: Theory

5. What is experimentation?
Doing an activity using careful observations to answer questions is:
Experimentation
A testable prediction about a solution to a problem:
hypothesis
The purpose of any experiment:
Test a hypothesis
People do experiments to test the effects of:
Independent variables
Judgment based on what was observed:
Inference or CONCLUSION

6. What are Measurements? Using tools to measure is a type of:
OBSERVATION.
2 parts of any measurement are:
Number
Unit

7. Graphs and Charts
To analyze results scientists often arrange data in to a:
GRAPH
What is the independent variable in this graph?
Amount of food
What is the dependent variable?
Weight of the cat
Weight of cat
Amount of food

8. Name that Variable! Which column is the independent variable?
Shirt Type
Stain
Detergent
Wash time
Results
Hanes
mustard
tide
15 min.
stain is completely gone
Era
stain is slightly visible
Gain
None
stain is half gone
Which column is the independent variable?
Detergent
Which column is the dependent variable?
Result
List 3 controlled variables?
Shirt type, stain, wash time
Which is the control group used for comparison?
The shirts washed with no detergent.