Date: 9/8/2015 Aim #3: How do scientists solve problems? HW: –HW#2 (Read Textbook Section 1-2 and...
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Date: 9/8/2015
Aim #3: How do scientists solve problems?
HW: – HW#2 (Read Textbook Section 1-2 and
complete guided reading worksheet)– Complete packet page 5.
Do Now: Warm- Up NotebookDate Title of Activity Page #9/8 Thinking Scientifically 9
Who was Louis Pasteur?
Louis Pasteur
Scientist who discovered the Germ Theory of Disease
What is the Germ Theory?
1 Germ 1 Disease
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
STEPS:• Problem• Observation• Research• Hypothesis: What does this
mean?• Experiment• Results/Data• Conclusion
PROBLEM
• What does the word, problem, mean?
• Something that needs to be solved!
OBSERVATION
How can we observe our surroundings?
• Through our 5 senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and sight
RESEARCH
• What is research?
• The gathering of information related to your problem.
• How could we gather this research?
HYPOTHESIS
• What does this mean?
• Definition: An educated guess based upon your observations
Examples of Hypotheses:
If this chemical is applied to plant leaves, then the plant will grow faster.
Chemical+
If this chemical is safe, then it will not harm us when it is added to our drinking water.
EXPERIMENT
• What is an experiment?
• Definition: A procedure to test the hypothesis
RESULTS
• What are results (Data)?
• Written records of observations
CONCLUSION
• What is a conclusion?
• Explanation of the results (i.e. Why did you get those results?)
