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NATURE OF SCIENCE
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Variables/Graphs
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THE KNOWLEDGE OBTAINED BY OBSERVING NATURAL EVENTS AND CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO DISCOVER FACTS AND FORMULATE LAWS OR PRINCIPLES THAT CAN BE VERIFIED OR TESTED.
What is SCIENCE
100
AN ORGANIZED PROCEDURE TO STUDY SOMETHING UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS
What is EXPERIMENT
100

When you hear the word scientist, you may imagine a person in a white coat working in a laboratory. However, anyone, inlcuding  you, can think like a scientist. What would a person who is thinking like a scientist do?

ask testable questions?

100

What type of graph shows change over time?

What is a line graph?

100

At a school, the staff has had problems with children behaving badly every day. They beging to test to see how the children react if the staff gives them large amounts of candy when they are good and no candy when they are bad. The staff hopes that the incentive for the children will improve their behavior.

IV: candy or no candy

DV: behavior

200
THE OBSERVATIONS, MEASUREMENTS, AND OTHER TYPES OF DATA THAT PEOPLE GATHER AND TEST TO SUPPORT AND EVALUATE SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS.
What is EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
200
THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING INFORMATION BY USING THE SENSES
What is OBSERVATION
200
A cell Biologist is an example of this
What is a life scientist
200

Visual representation of data?

What is a graph?

200

A visual representation of data

What is a graph?

300
A PATTERN, PLAN,REPRESENTATION, OR DESCRIPTION DESIGNED TO SHOW THE STRUCTURE OR WORKINGS OF AN OBJECT,SYSTEM,OR CONCEPT.
What is MODEL
300
A TESTABLE IDEA OR EXPLANATION THAT LEADS TO SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION
What is HYPOTHESIS
300
A well supported explanation
What is scientific theory
300

Name 4 examples of SIMPLE tecnology?

What is pencil, table, comb, toothbrush?
300
A place to organize your data
What is a table
400
THE EXPLANATION FOR SOME PHENOMENON THAT IS BASED ON OBSERVATION, EXPERIMENTATION, AND REASONING; THAT IS SUPPORTED BY A LARGE QUANTITY OF EVIDENCE; AND THAT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH ANY EXISTING EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS OR OBSERVATIONS
What is THEORY
400
ANY FACTOR THAT CAN CHANGE IN AN EXPERIMENT, OBSERVATION, OR MODEL
What is VARIABLE
400

A good experiment needs to be?

What is replicated or reproduced?

400

Something I can control

What is independent variable 

400

A scientist hypothesizes the temperature at which an alligator's egg is incubated will determine whether the alligator will be male or female. 

List the Independent and dependent

IV: Temperature

DV: # of female and male alligators

500
A DESCRIPTIVE STATEMENT OR EQUATION THAT RELIABLY PREDICTS EVENTS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS
What is LAW
500
INFORMATION GATHERED BY OBSERVATION OR EXPERIMENTATION THAT CAN BE USED IN CALCULATING OR REASONING
What is DATA
500

First step in the engineering design process?

What is identify a need? 

500

What I measure?

What is the dependent variable?

500

Medical students use a three dimensional reproduction of a human skeleton to learn about bones. What type of learning tool is this?

What is a physical model?

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