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Quickwrite 8/15/2013 QW 8/15/13. Welcome!! Come in and find a seat!! Make sure to get your parent contract SIGNED. What is science?. Write everything you know about science. It can be ANYTHING!. Your ideas. What the book says. Science is: Consistent Observable Natural Predictable
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Quickwrite 8/15/2013QW 8/15/13 Welcome!! Come in and find a seat!! Make sure to get your parent contract SIGNED
What is science? Write everything you know about science. It can be ANYTHING!
What the book says. • Science is: • Consistent • Observable • Natural • Predictable • Testable • Tentative
Big Idea • If some phenomenon is not fulfilling all of these six requirements it is NOT science.
Consistent • Repeated observations and experiments are “reasonably” the same when repeatedby competent investigators. – Same results when repeated
Observable • Observations are limited to the basic human senses or extensions of the senses.
Natural • A natural cause must be used to explain why or how the phenomenon occurs.
Predictable • Cause of the event can be used to make predictions. Those predictions can be tested to see if they were true or false.
Testable • Cause must be testable in controlled experiment. Supernatural events or causes are NOT relevant tests.
Tentative • Scientific theories are subject to revision and correction even to the point of the theory being proven wrong.
Hierarchy of Science Law Theory Hypothesis
Difference between the three • Law – • Proven with mathematical formulas have yet to be disproven • Theory – • Well tested and widely accepted as possible • Hypothesis – • Educated guess
Scientific Method • Observations • 5 senses • Hypothesis • If…(what are you doing) Then…(what do you think is going to happen?)…Because…(Why?) • Materials • List of items used in lab • Procedure • Detailed steps of the experiment • Data/Graphs • Your results in tables and graphs • Discussion • Talking about your data • Conclusion • Wrapping up your experiment and expanding on what your results mean to the world