Thursday, July 30th Day 1 ScienceStarters Sheet

1. Please have theseItems on your desk.

ARBook Agenda

Your science starter today is two vocabulary words and their definitions.

ScienceComp-Book

2 Indexcards

Hmmmm. . . Wonder what this word

means?

Number your science starter sheet like this:

1. Scientific Method

2. Procedure

Scientific Method: Step by step procedures of scientific problem solving, which can include identifying the problem, forming and testing a hypothesis, analyzing the test results, and drawing conclusions

Write the word on one side of an index card.Write the definition and a simple picture about the word on the back side of the index card.

Definitions Procedure: The step-by-step instructions for

conducting an investigation, includes what and how variables will be changed and measured.On an index card, write

The word on one side.The definition on the otherSide of the card. Draw aSimple picture to explain the Definition.

Table of Contents Update

Page Date Activity/ Assignment

11/12 7/30 Scientific Method Notes

Scientific Method

A blueprint for experiment success.

What is the scientific method?

It is a simple method scientists use to conduct an investigation.

It is a way to ask & answer scientific questions by asking questions & conducting experiments.

I. Question/Problem

Ask a question about something observed.– Why?– How?– What?

Question to be solved.– Must be about something measurable.

II. Hypothesis

Educated guess about how things work. Prediction Use If, then statements

– If ____ [I do this], then _____ [this will happen],because _____.

Focus on one variable only.

Materials

What are materials?– Any supplies

you need to conduct an experiment

Procedures

What are procedures? – Are a list of

steps that scientists must use to conduct an experiment.

Experimental Design

Experimental Design- is the design of any information-gathering exercises where variation is present, whether under the full control of the experimenter or not.

III. Experiment-Gathering the data

Tests your hypothesis. Is it accepted (right) or rejected (wrong) ? Change only one variable at a time.

Use a control or control group (A group that has nothing done to it. Standard used for comparison in an experiment.)

In order for results to be valid, conduct several tests.

Data Collection

Data collection- is process of collecting data and recording it to later analyze

Analyzing

What does analyzing mean?– This is when you

look over data that you have recorded and try and come up with answers from those numbers or observations.

IV. Conclusion

Summary of your experiment. After your experiment, analyze your data to

see if your hypothesis was accepted or rejected(refuted).

If hypothesis is rejected, give possible reasons for the difference between your hypothesis and the experimental results.