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Understanding Science: Key Concepts and Methodologies for Young Scientists

Explore the fundamental principles of science, from consistency to predictability, through this interactive guide. Learn about the hierarchy of science, the scientific method, and much more. Enhance your scientific knowledge and skills today!

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Understanding Science: Key Concepts and Methodologies for Young Scientists

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  1. Quickwrite 8/15/2013QW 8/15/13 Welcome!! Come in and find a seat!! Make sure to get your parent contract SIGNED

  2. What is science? Write everything you know about science. It can be ANYTHING!

  3. Your ideas

  4. What the book says. • Science is: • Consistent • Observable • Natural • Predictable • Testable • Tentative

  5. Big Idea • If some phenomenon is not fulfilling all of these six requirements it is NOT science.

  6. Consistent • Repeated observations and experiments are “reasonably” the same when repeatedby competent investigators. – Same results when repeated

  7. Observable • Observations are limited to the basic human senses or extensions of the senses.

  8. Natural • A natural cause must be used to explain why or how the phenomenon occurs.

  9. Predictable • Cause of the event can be used to make predictions. Those predictions can be tested to see if they were true or false.

  10. Testable • Cause must be testable in controlled experiment. Supernatural events or causes are NOT relevant tests.

  11. Tentative • Scientific theories are subject to revision and correction even to the point of the theory being proven wrong.

  12. Hierarchy of Science Law Theory Hypothesis

  13. 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

  14. 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

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