General Rules
Who should be in the room anytime you are working in the lab
The Teacher
This is the process of controlling an animal's movement to safely examine, treat, or work with it.
What is restraint?
This is a testable explanation or prediction that can be supported or rejected through an investigation.
What is a hypothesis?
What kind of behavior will get you kicked out of a science lab?
Horseplay, pranks, practical jokes, fooling around
A disease that can be transmitted naturally between animals and humans is called this.
What is a zoonotic disease?
In an experiment testing whether different types of feed affect weight gain, the type of feed is the variable the researcher intentionally changes.
What is the independent variable?
You are working behind a horse. This safety practice is important because the animal could kick when startled.
What is restraint/handling?
In that same experiment, weight gain is the variable that is measured.
What is the dependent variable?
What should you do if you spill a chemical?
tell the adult immediately
A researcher gives one group of cattle Feed A and another group Feed B, but keeps breed, age, housing, and feeding schedule the same. Keeping these factors the same helps make the experiment this.
What is controlled/fair?
What are the THREE science classroom rules?
Be Safe, Be Respectful and Be Responsible
These three letters stand for the document that provides important information about a chemical's hazards and safe handling.
What is an SDS?
You believe that increasing the amount of protein in a growing animal's diet will increase its rate of weight gain. Design a basic experiment to test your hypothesis. Include the hypothesis, independent variable, dependent variable, control group, and at least two controlled variables.
Students should correctly identify each component and design an investigation where the only intentionally changed factor is the protein level.