How Do Scientists Investigate the Natural World? #2
The Scientific Method
The Scientific Method & Chemistry
Scientific Vocabulary and Word Parts
100
means using one or more of your senses to gather information.
What is observing?
100
is a way of learning about the natural world It also includes all the knowledge gained by exploring the natural world.
What is science?
100
Step 1
"This is where you describe the purpose for doing your science fair project or invention. Why should anyone care about the work you did? You have to tell them why. Did you explain something that should cause people to change the way they go about their daily business?" (Science Buddies 2014).
What is the Research Question/Introduction?
100
Step 6
"State what your science fair project or invention contributes to the area you worked in. Did you meet your objectives? For an engineering project state whether you met your design criteria" (Science Buddies 2014).
What is the conclusion?
100
(Greek: life; living, live, alive)
What is bio?
200
involves creating representations of complex objects or processes.
What is making models?
200
means making a statement or claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.
What is predicting?
200
Step 2
a possible answer to a scientific question
What is Hypothesis?
200
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; one who believes in; one who is engaged in; someone who does something)
What is ist?
300
is the grouping together of items that are alike in some way.
What is classifying?
300
deals with numbers, or amounts.
What is quantitative observation?
300
Step 3
The things needed to conduct the experiment.
What are materials?
300
(Greek: star, stars, star shaped; also pertaining to outer space)
What is astro?
400
involves comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion about them.
What is evaluating?
400
when you interpret things you observe.
What is inferring?
400
Step 4
"What was your approach for investigating the problem? Don't go into detail about materials unless they were critical to your success. Do describe the most important variables if you have room" (Science Buddies 2014).
What are methods/procedures?
400
(Arabic > Greek > Latin: the art of combining base metals [to make gold]; from Greek, chemia, “Egypt”, where the art of changing metals into gold existed)
What is chem?
400
a science that deals with matter and energy and the way they act on each other in heat, light, electricity, and sound
What is physics?
500
deals with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers.
What is qualitative observation?
500
"What answer did you obtain? Do not use vague terms like "most" or "some" (Science Buddies 2014).
What are the results?
500
: a science that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of substances and with the transformations that they undergo
What is chemistry?
500
a person who studies the physical and chemical properties and structures of stars, planets, and other objects in outer space