1. CATALYST (left side) What is science? Come up with a list of words that have to do with science.

2. Topic Date Questions Subtitles Headings Etc. Class Notes 3 to 4 sentence summary across the bottom of the last page of the days notes

3. SCIENCE AND THE INQUIRY PROCESS

4. What is Science? Share what you wrote for the catalyst with your partner. As a pair, Create a definition for science Come up with 4 words define science Be ready to share!

5. Science & The Inquiry Process 8/14/08 What is Science? Write your answer here

6. WRITE THE NOTES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE

7. Science & The Inquiry Process 8/14/08 What is Science? Write your answer here

8. Science is a Process Scientists ask questions about how the world works We discover pieces of the answer What we know CHANGES

9. Science is a Process Science is a process of constantly improving our understanding of the world around us. This means that our ideas change and develop.

10. Many ideas that were once believed to be true have since been changed.

11. Science & The Inquiry Process 8/14/08 What is Science? Write your answer here Science is a Process -scientists ask questions about the world -science helps us understand the world around us -constantly changing

12. Science & The Inquiry Process 8/14/08 What is Science? Write your answer here Science is a Process -scientists ask questions about the world -science helps us understand the world around us -constantly changing How is science a process?

13. It was once believed that the earth is flat.

14. And that the sun revolves around the Earth.

15. Eight Planet Solar System Last year, it was announced that Pluto is no longer considered a planet. Pluto is only about twice the size of its largest moon (Charon). National Geographic

16. Technology is constantly getting better and faster, which improves our methods for scientific discovery.

17. Today, scientists working all over the globe are able to share information with the click of a button.

18. 1867: the modern typewriter

19. 1844: the telegraph

20. 1876: the telephone

21. 1944: Harvard Mark I Linked adding machines and calculators

22. 1966: the fax machine

23. 1983: first cell phone network in the U.S.

24. 1994: the internet

25. Improving technology also gives scientists newer and stronger tools to investigate their questions.

26. An early microscope Looking at blood cells

27. Light Microscope

28. Scanning Electron Microscope

29. Science & The Inquiry Process 8/14/08 CatalystAnswer to catalyst What is Science? Write your answer here Science is a Process -scientists ask questions about the world -science helps us understand the world around us -constantly changing How is science a process? Technology is improving -allow us to ask and try to answer new questions Why is new technology important in science?

30. WHY DO WE STUDY SCIENCE?

31. HOW DO WE STUDY SCIENCE?

32. Science Through controlled methods, science uses observable evidence of natural phenomena to collect data, and analyzes this information to explain what and how things work. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

33. Scientific Inquiry Way for scientists to answer all those questions about the world Way to investigate an observable event and getting new knowledge, as well as for correcting and integrating previous knowledge

34. Science & The Inquiry Process 8/14/08 What is scientific Inquiry? Process scientists use to try to answer - Way to investigate how the world work questions about the world

35. Scientific Inquiry Make an Observation Ask a question Construct a Hypothesis Test the Hypothesis Analyze the Data Draw a Conclusion

36. Make an Observation Ask a Question Construct a Hypothesis Test the Hypothesis Analyze the Data Draw a Conclusion

37. Science & The Inquiry Process 8/13/08 What is scientific Inquiry? Process scientists use to try to answer - Way to investigate how the world work questions about the world Steps of Inquiry Observation Question Create hypothesis Test hypothesis Analyze Draw conclusions

38. TAKE 2 MINUTES TO WRITE YOUR 3-4 SENTENCE SUMMARY SUMMARY