Thinking Like A Scientist
Scientific Method
Safety In Science
Vocabulary
Famous People/Symbols
100
Science teaches you to make careful observations ask good questions and think logically about information.
What is the importance of scientific literacy in daily life?
100
To answer questions
What is the purpose of scientific methods?
100
Keep calm and tell your teacher.
What should you do if someone has an accident and cuts themselves in a lab?
100
Emergency medical care for someone who is sick or injured.
What is first aid?
100
The symbol with goggles
What is eye protection?
200
Studying Science.
What will make you a better informed consumer?
200
Controlled Experiment
What is the process of testing one factor at a time?
200
Being neat, using the right clean up procedures, using proper safety equipment.
What are the elements of safety?
200
Pieces of information acquired through observation and experimentation.
What is data?
200
The symbol with the mouse in hand.
What is animal safety?
300
Informed consent
What is the practice of people who choose to participate in research even after they are informed of the risks?
300
A scientist's believability with other scientists and society.
What do accurate record keeping, openness and replication results help maintain?
300
Gauze, bandages, antiseptic wipes.
What might be found in a first aid kit?
300
A series of steps used to answer questions and solve problems.
What is scientific method?
300
Expressed curiosity about chimpanzees which led to a better understanding of how they lived.
Who is Jane Goodall?
400
Asking questions, thinking critically, gathering information.
What are skills used by scientists to study and better understand the world?
400
Scientists do more studies to see if the differences are significant.
What happens when similar investigations give different results?
400
Secure the area, report the accident, and help care for injuries.
What is do you do if an accident happens?
400
A possible explanation or answer to a question.
What is a hypothesis?
400
Discovered that CFC's in aerosol sprays are linked to ozone- layer damage.
Who is Mario Molina?
500
The practice of questioning the validity of accepted ideas or claims.
What is skepticism?
500
The results are still valuable.
What happens when a hypothesis is unsupported?
500
What to do to prevent injury or accidents.
What do safety symbols tell you?
500
Gather data to test the hypothesis
What does a scientist do after forming a hypothesis?
500
Expressed skepticism about the claims of pesticide manufacturers, which led to banning of DDT.
Who is Rachel Carson?