1. The Scientific Method

2. The Black Box Experiment
Watch the following video, and pause to make some predictions and observations!

3. What do you think a model is?
A representation of an idea
Used to explain phenomena that cannot be experienced directly

4. What is a variable? Things you can change in the experiment
What are some you could test in the black box experiment?

5. Assumptions...
What are some things you ASSUMED were true, but didn’t have any proof?

6. The Scientific Method… step by step!
What is it?
A standard procedure when investigating something unknown!

8. After many years & many experiements...
LAW
A repeated observation
Does NOT explain why something exists
Ex. The Law of Gravity
Ex. 2 Newton’s Laws

9. THEORY An explanation of the world backed up by many experiments
Ex. The Theory of Evolution
Ex. 2 The Big Bang Theory
Ex. 3 Kinetic Molecular Theory