DATE: 8/25/2017

TOPIC: Scientific Investigations

HOME LEARNING:Students will complete vocab foldable, study for vocab quiz (8/31/2017), and get parent log signed.

CLASS ASSIGNMENTS

v  Discuss week one vocabulary results

v  Use CONPPT to cite several examples of knowledge that is based on science.

v  Give examples of claims that are not based on science and provide evidence to support their claims

v  Identify tested/independent variables and outcome/dependent variables

v  Complete a check point on What is science? (YOU DO)

Vocabulary

Empirical Evidence- Evidence based on observation or experiments

Quantitative Data- can be measured or counted (example numbers)

Qualitative Data- describes something (examples: color/ smell)

Replication- The reproduction of a scientific investigation by another person to ensure it is correct

Repetition- Making multiple sets of measurements or observations in scientific investigations

Trial- Multiple sets of measurements or observations in a scientific investigation

Control Group- Group that is not affected by the factor being tested

Tested Group- the group to which the variable is given

Consistent- done in a certain way over time

Predictable-  what one thinks will happen under certain conditions based on data or observations