Quickwrite 8/15/2013QW 8/15/13

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What is science?

Write everything you know about science. It can be

ANYTHING!

Your ideas

What the book says.

►Science is:ConsistentObservableNaturalPredictableTestableTentative

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 repeated by 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