1. Title today’s notes
Day 1: What is Science and The Scientific Method

2. What is science?
Science is a method for answering questions about the natural world.
Example of a scientific question-
At what temperature does water boil?
Why did the dinosaurs suddenly go extinct?
Does listening to music while studying increase student test scores?
Science is a step by step process that is used to answer questions about our universe.

3. Plickers #1-3

4. Scientific Method

5. Take out your notes from yesterday
We will continue our notes on the scientific method.

6. Steps to Solving a Problem (The Scientific Method)
Come up with a question that needs to answered
Example: Why does the human heart sometimes beat faster?
Do some research
Example: Research heart rates and exercise
Form a Hypothesis
make a guess.
Example: If exercise level increases then heart rate will increase.
The hypothesis must be testable
Do an experiment to test hypothesis
Example: Measure heart rate of resting people and compare that to heart rate of exercising people
Accept or Reject Your Hypothesis – “Analysis”
Report Your Results – “Conclusion”
Share your conclusion that answers the original question from step one with the scientific community so that your experiment can be repeated to confirm your results.

7. Plickers
#4,5

8. Complete assignment #1
Scientific Method Day 1 practice