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Guided Inquiry: Openstax Chapter 1 and Bozeman Science's The Scientific Method lecture
Openstax
1. What is Biology?
2. What is science?
3. What is the scientific method?
4. What is the most important aspect in scientific method?
5. What is a hypothesis?
6. If scientific method can be applied to the disciplines of biology, physics, and chemistry, why is it less applicable to the disciplines of archaeology, psychology, and geology?
7. What is a theory?
8. What is the ultimate goal of all forms of science?
9. What are the two methods of logical thinking?
10. What is inductive reasoning?
11. Describe the observations a life scientist would make and record.
12. What does the scientist infer from these observations?
13. Inductive reasoning involves what?
14. What is deductive reasoning?
15. Deductive reasoning is a form of logical thinking that uses what?
16. A scientist can use general principles to extrapolate and predict what?
17. Deductive and inductive reasoning are both related to two main pathways of scientific study. What are they and describe each.
18. Use your previous answer to consider how Velcro was invented.
19. Be able to describe the steps in the scientific method process.
20. What is a hypothesis? Is there only one correct hypothesis? What is the typical format for a hypothesis?
21. For a hypothesis to be valid, it must be what? Why should it be falsifiable? How does this distinguish sciences from non-sciences?
22. What are variables and controls?
23. What must be considered if one hypothesis is rejected?
24. Hypothesis-based science uses what kind of reasoning?
25. What is the difference between basic science and applied science?
26. Why is it so important for scientists to collaborate with each other? What is peer review?
27. How does a scientific paper differ from creative writing?
28. A scientific paper typically includes what sections?
Bozeman Science Lecture
1. Aristotle and Plato
2. Abu Ali al-Hasa
3. Galileo
4. MythBusters
5. Observation....question.....hypothesis....independent variable....dependent variable....
Observation: plants grow
Question: Plant is growing. What type of music will make it grow faster? I want to determine how the type of music effects plant growth.
Hypothesis: Country music
Independent variable: variable the scientist changes (music)
Dependent variable: resulting variable (plant growth)
Controlled variables: species, light, water, food, when music, volume of music, etc. (keep same)
Control Group: receive to no independent variable
Data: table; graph; independent variable on bottom and dependent variable on side
Conclusions:
Publish results:
Re-test: