Intro to Science

Vocabulary

LESSON 1TEXTBOOK PAGES 2-9

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SCIENCE WAY OF LEARNING ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD

OBSERVING USING ONE OR MORE OF THE SENSES TO GATHER INFORMATION

QUANTITATIVE DEALS WITH MEASUREMENTS OR COUNTING. (NUMBERS)

QUALITATIVE DEALS WITH DESCRIPTIONS THAT CAN NOT BE EXPRESSED IN NUMBERS

INFERRING INTERPRETATIONS OF THINGS YOU OBSERVE

PREDICTING MAKING A STATEMENT ABOUT THE FUTURE BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCES OR EVIDENCE

CLASSIFYING GROUPING ITEMS TOGETHER BASED ON SIMILARITIES

MODELS REPRESENTATIONS OF COMPLEX OBJECTS OR PROCESSES

EVALUATING COMPARING OBSERVATIONS AND DATA TO REACH A CONCLUSION

SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION

METHODICAL WAY SCIENTISTS STUDY THE NATURAL WORLD

Intro to Science

Vocabulary

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SKEPTICISM AN ATTITUDE OF DOUBT

PERSONAL BIAS

A PERSONS LIKES OR DISLIKES INFLUENCES HOW HE OR SHE THINKS ABOUT SOMETHING

CULTURAL BIAS

THE WAY A PERSON GROWS UP INFLUENCES HOW HE OR SHE THINKS ABOUT SOMETHING

EXPERIMENTAL BIAS

A MISTAKE IN THE DESIGN OF AN EXPERIMENT THAT MAKES A CERTAIN RESULT MORE POSSIBLE

ETHICS JUDGEMENT BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG

OBJECTIVE DRAW CONCLUSIONS AND MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON AVAILABLE EVIDENCE

SUBJECTIVE PERSONAL FEELINGS AFFECT HOW YOU DRAW CONCLUSIONS AND MAKE DECISIONS

DEDUCTIVE REASONING

STARTING WITH A GENERAL IDEA AND THEN APPLYING THE IDEA TO A SPECIFIC OBSERVATION

INDUCTIVE REASONING

USES SPECIFIC OBSERVATIONS TO MAKE GENERALIZATIONS

Intro to Science

VocabularyLESSON 3

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SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY

THE WAYS SCIENTISTS STUDY THE NATURAL WORLD(scientific method is inquiry)

HYPOTHESIS A POSSIBLE ANSWER TO SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS BASED ON RESEARCH

VARIABLES FACTORS THAT CAN CHANGE IN EXPERIMENTS

INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

THE PURPOSFULLY CHANGED VARIABLE IN A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT

DEPENDENT VARIABLE

THE FACTOR THAT CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

CONTROLLED VARIABLES

VARIABLES THAT ARE HELD CONSTANT THROUGHOUT EXPERIMENTS TO PROTECT ITS RELIABILITY

DATA FACTS, FIGURES, OTHER EVIDENCE GATHERED THROUGH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATIONS

SCIENTIFIC THEORY

A WELL TESTED AND WIDELY ACCEPTED EXPLANATION OF OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS

SCIENTIFIC LAW

EXPLANATION ABOUT HOW THINGS WORK IN NATURE.

Intro to Science

Vocabulary

Review

Intro to Science

Vocabulary

Know the steps to the scientific method in

order

Vocab Review

USES SPECIFIC OBSERVATIONS TO MAKE GENERALIZATIONS

JUDGEMENT BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG

DRAW CONCLUSIONS AND MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON AVAILABLE EVIDENCE

A PERSONS LIKES OR DISLIKES INFLUENCES HOW HE OR SHE THINKS ABOUT SOMETHING

PERSONAL FEELINGS AFFECT HOW YOU DRAW CONCLUSIONS AND MAKE DECISIONS

THE WAY A PERSON GROWS UP INFLUENCES HOW HE OR SHE THINKS ABOUT SOMETHING

STARTING WITH A GENERAL IDEA AND THEN APPLYING THE IDEA TO A SPECIFIC OBSERVATION

A MISTAKE IN THE DESIGN OF AN EXPERIMENT THAT MAKES A CERTAIN RESULT MORE POSSIBLE

AN ATTITUDE OF DOUBT

Vocab Review

USING ONE OR MORE OF THE SENSES TO GATHER INFORMATION

WAY OF LEARNING ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD

GROUPING ITEMS TOGETHER BASED ON SIMILARITIES

DEALS WITH MEASUREMENTS OR COUNTING. (NUMBERS)

MAKING A STATEMENT ABOUT THE FUTURE BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCES OR EVIDENCE

REPRESENTATIONS OF COMPLEX OBJECTS OR PROCESSES

COMPARING OBSERVATIONS AND DATA TO REACH A CONCLUSION

INTERPRETATIONS OF THINGS YOU OBSERVE

DEALS WITH DESCRIPTIONS THAT CAN NOT BE EXPRESSED IN NUMBERS

METHODICAL WAY SCIENTISTS STUDY THE NATURAL WORLD

Vocab Review

VARIABLES THAT ARE HELD CONSTANT THROUGHOUT EXPERIMENTS TO PROTECT ITS RELIABILITY

THE WAYS SCIENTISTS STUDY THE NATURAL WORLD

A POSSIBLE ANSWER TO SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS BASED ON RESEARCH

FACTORS THAT CAN CHANGE IN EXPERIMENTS

THE PURPOSFULLY CHANGED VARIABLE IN A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT

THE FACTOR THAT CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

FACTS, FIGURES, OTHER EVIDENCE GATHERED THROUGH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATIONS

A WELL TESTED AND WIDELY ACCEPTED EXPLANATION OF OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS

EXPLANATION ABOUT HOW THINGS WORK IN NATURE.