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BEING A SCIENTIST!January (33-8), 2010 • What question was the scientist who made this graph originally asking?
Today’s Agenda • Catalyst • Review Graphs • Quiz #1 TOMORROW! • Mini-Lesson: Questions and Hypotheses • Exit Question
Today’s Objectives • SWBAT formulate hypotheses from questions. • SWBAT formulate questions from observations.
How do scientists come up with ideas for an experiment? • Do ideas just pop into their head randomly? • Yes…Sometimes. • Do people just hand them ideas to test? • Yea, occasionally • Do scientists have a method for coming up with experiment ideas? • YES!!!!!
What Scientists Do! • Scientists observe the world around them • They ask questions • They make hypotheses • They test them!
Good Experimental Questions Key Point #1: A good experimental question asks why something happens. Must be specific Based on things you see about the world
PLANET EARTH! Ask 3 questions about what you see while you watch!
Good Hypotheses Key Point #2: A good hypothesis is an educated, testable guess that answers a question. Educated means there is a reason for it Use the word “because” Testable means there is a way to prove it right or wrong
Your Turn! • Make hypotheses for all of your questions
What’s the point? • Scientists want to prove the hypotheses right or wrong • In your groups, choose 2 of the best question/hypotheses and develop a procedure for testing them
Exit Question • You observe that students in Ms. Jhaveri’s class get higher grades on their tests than the students in Mr. McKnight’s class. Write a question and testable hypothesis to explain this phenomenon.