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A way of looking at the world with no creator, no Biblical authority and Natural Laws that
are maintained without a creator is called a
_____________
Worldview
Secular
Dr. ________ _______ _____ was a Hungarian Doctor that connected hand washing
with better outcomes for patients (less deaths).
Ignaz Semmelweis
A _______ ________ is an explanation of the natural world that has throughly been tested
and is supported by significant data. examples
Scieintific Theory
Name the five steps of the Scientific Method
.1. Observation and question
2.Background research
3.Construct hypothesis
4. Test hypothesis with experiment
5. Analyze result/draw conclusion
b. What did Dr. Semmelweis then ask the Doctors to do before seeing their patients?
Dr. Semmelweis asked the Doctors to wash their hands in a bleach solution before coming to see their
patients.
A way of looking at the world with God as the Creator, the Bible as authority and God
maintaining all natural Laws is called a ______ Worldview.
Christian
A _________ ___________ is an example that contradicts a conclusion.
counter example
A __________ _________ is a description of a natural phenomenon or principle that is supported
by generations of evidence and often mathematical in nature.
Scientific Law
Give an example of a conclusion and a counter example. Use complete sentences
Some examples:choose 1
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Our first experiment with the dropping of book/paper and second experiment air resistance
Spontaneous Generation and later experiments showing it to be wrong
Teacher and the basket dropping items and then helium balloon
Percival Lowell and mars and then the Rover going to Mars and finding nothing,
T rex and Giganasauras being lone hunters, then they find evidence they were pack hunters
What were the effects of what Dr. Semmelweis asked them to do?
The effects of handwashing were, death rates of the women giving birth went down
significantly.
_________ __________ was an American astronomer who hypothesized irrigation
canals, vegetation and intelligent lives on Mars.
Percival Lowell
In an experiment, an educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a
question is called a _______________.
hypothesis
Patients in Dr. Semmelweis’ ward were dying of___________ ___________.
childbed fever
Explain how soap affected surface tension of water on a penny? Use complete sentences
Soap affected the surface tension of water on our penny by breaking up the water molecules that formed
surface tension, specifically hydrogen atoms.
a.What did Percival Lowell observe on Mars?Use complete sentences
Percival Lowell observed canals on Mars. He thought they were canals of water and
vegetation. He felt they were evidence of intelligent life.
Dr. Semmelweis asked his Doctors to wash their hands in _________ ___________ before seeing a
patient.
bleach solution
__________ ____________ is a phenomenon where water molecules are attracted to one another on
the surface of water (like on our penny).
Surface Tension
A frictional force that pushes on an object as it moves through air is called _____ ____________.
(2 words).
air resistance
Explain what happened in the hospital where Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis was working. What was his OBSERVATION?
Use complete sentences
Ignaz Semmelweis’ observation was women In his ward, giving birth, served by Drs., were dying at a higher
rate than woman using midwives for their births. (Those that were out we discussed this in class, it is more
that what the book speaks about )
b.What did Percival build to observe Mars?Use complete sentences
Percival Lowell built the Lowell Observatory and amazing telescope to study Mars
1.The _______ __________ is an observatory founded by Percival Lowell which
discovered Pluto and observed Mars.
2.
Can a scientist speak and make conclusions outside his field without proper research and
experimentation?
1.Lowell Observatory
2. No, a Scientist needs proper experimentation and research to speak outside their field.
1. The __________ ____________ is a systematic plan with specific steps for carrying out
experiments.
2.
What is one thing Science CAN DO?
1.Scientific Method
2.
Choose:
Reveal truth
Use Scientific Method
Useful inventions
Teach us about God/Creation
1. What happened later to show Percvical Lowell's conclusion it to be incorrect ? Use complete sentences
2.What were the positive results of his experiment with Mars (name at least one positive)
The Mars Rover, Curiosity, landed on Mars and saw no evidence of what Lowell had
concluded.
2.
The positive results of his experiment was the building of the Lowell observatory and
discovery of Pluto
a. What was Dr. Semmelweis hypothesis about the connection between the Drs doing autopsies and the
increased death rates of his patients? Use complete sentences.
b. Can you put it in an IF/ Then statement?
He hypothesized that the Doctors were carrying something deadly to the women after they performed their
autopsies, then assisted in the births.
1. Was Percival Lowell’s conclusion correct about Mars? What was the counter example Use complete sentences
2,
Was Percival Lowell a bad scientist? Use complete sentences
1.No, Percival Lowell’s conclusion about life on Mars was not correct. The counter example was the Mars Rover.
2.
No, Percival Lowell was not a bad scientist. He followed the steps of the Scientific
method but had an incorrect conclusion.