1. Do First ACTIONS: TURN IN YOUR SAFETY POSTER TAKE YOUR NAME TENTS OUT
Whose birthday is it?
What should you do when you are tardy?

2. Agenda
Rules Review
Scientific Process Notes
Penny Lab

3. Class Procedures (Don’t be surprised if you have a pop quiz on this and the syllabus)
Bathroom
Go before class
If you really need to go, ask permission and you can go if you give up your phone. You will get it back when you return to class
If you don’t have a cell phone don’t ask to go and go before class.
Testing
All electronic devices will be turned into teacher
Classwork/Homework turned in before test
Belongings will be placed at the front of the class
You will get your belongings back when everyone is done with testing
Classwork/Homework
You will only receive a stamp or signature if 100% complete
Homework must be turned in at the beginning of class before the bell
Turn in classwork to the correct class drawer
Don’t begin classwork until told to do so
Labs
If you do not clean up your space during lab, points will be deducted from your grade
Exiting
Complete the DOL
Push in your chair at the end of class
6th period: Place your chairs on top of your desk

4. Scientific Process

5. Human beings are curious by nature
Ask a Question
Human beings are curious by nature
Questions could be how, when, or why something happens
Human beings are curious by nature. Asking a question is the first step in the scientific method.

6. Background Information
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Background information could be gathered from previous knowledge or research
Helps the researcher develop a hypothesis (otherwise you would just be guessing)
Background Information

7. Background Information
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A suggested answer to the question based on background information
Must be testable
Must be in an “If… Then…” format
Ex: If a plant gets no sun, then it won’t grow as well as a plant that does get sun
Background Information
Hypothesis

8. Background Information
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Procedure to test the hypothesis
Scientists change one factor & observe or measure what happens
The independent variable is changed by experimenter
The dependent variable is measured
Test one thing at a time
Control factors are used for fair comparison
Background Information
Hypothesis
Experiment

9. Background Information
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Results of experiment are called data
May be qualitative (descriptions) or quantitative (numbers)
Can be organized into tables and/or graphs
Background Information
Hypothesis
Experiment
Collect Data

10. Background Information
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When you analyze your results, you make sense of the data (explain it)
Find averages, highest, lowest, etc.
Background Information
Hypothesis
Experiment
Collect Data
Analyze Results

11. Background Information
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The answer to the question based on the data obtained from the experiment
Answer will support or not support hypothesis
Background Information
Hypothesis
Experiment
Collect Data
Analyze Results
Conclusion

12. Penny Lab
Using the scientific method, through a simple science process

13. DYL: Did You Learn? What is the first step of the scientific method?
If you reject your hypothesis, then what should your next step be?