1. What is Science?

2. Natural World

3. Evidence

4. Organization

7. Why Study Science? Health Wiser consumer Better-informed citizen

8. Universal Laws Science is governed by truths that are valid everywhere in the universe. These truths are called Universal Laws

9. Science & Ethics Scientific experimentation & discovery can have serious ethical implications Therefore, scientific investigations require ethical behavior.

10. Approaches to Learn About Nature Discovery Science Hypothesis Driven Science

11. Discovery Science Jane Goodall

12. Scientific Method Process used to answer a question or explain an observation.

13. Observations lead to Questions

14. Hypothesis A possible explanation that can be tested. Has information to support explanation. Written as: If…. Then…. because….

15. Experiments Two types A. Controlled experiment ** B. Study without experimentation

16. Controlled Experiment Control group- (Standard for comparison) Experimental group(s)- Ones being tested Constants- Same for both groups

17. Variables: 1)Independent variable (One changed by scientist) 2)Dependent variable (Changes in response to independent variable)

19. Analyzing Results Sort data: graphs, concept maps, pictures, models, etc. Make sense of information

20. Drawing Conclusions & Verifying Results

21. Considering Bias

22. Scientific Theory General explanation for a broad set of data Different from a Hypothesis