1. BIOLOGY- SEMESTER 1

2. MAIN CONCEPTS SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY BEING A SCIENTIST
JOURNALING TECHNIQUES
SCIENCE STANDARD #1
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
BSCS 5 E’s OF SCIENCE
6 UNIFYING PRINIPLES OF BIOLOGY
GRAPHING TECHNIQUES
MICROSCOPE USE

3. MAIN CONCEPTS EVOLUTION THE HUMAN ANIMAL CHANGE ACROSS TIME
UNITY AND DIVERSITY
ORGANISMS AND CLASSIFICATION

4. MAIN CONCEPTS HOMEOSTASIS THE CELLULAR BASIS OF ACTIVITY
LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION
INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT OF ORGANISMS
CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
MAINTAINING BALANCE IN ORGANISMS
BODY SYSTEMS

5. MAIN CONCEPTS ENERGY, MATTER AND ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE AND FITNESS
CELLULAR ACTIVITY
RESPIRATION AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS

6. BEING A SCIENTIST COOPERATING LIKE A SCIENTIST
USUALLY BETTER TO DO SCIENCE IN GROUPS
PARTNERS CAN HELP ACCOMPLISH MORE
COLLABORATION IS KEY- SEEK OTHER’S OPINIONS
COMPARING DATA AND RESULTS
BUILD CONCENSUS!!!

7. COMMUNICATING LIKE A SCIENTIST
Folder Set-Up and Maintenance
Left Folder Pocket- Label ‘Classwork’
Right Folder Pocket- Label ‘Skeleton Notes’
Three-Ring Section- Add Loose Leaf for Daily POD
Start new paper for Unit, Section, Objective, and Assignment
OTHER USES FOR YOUR FOLDER
WRITING LAB REPORTS
RECORDING DATA
RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS
TAKING NOTES
RECORDING YOUR QUESTIONS AND DUTIES

8. COMMUNICATING LIKE A SCIENTIST
Daily Procedures
First 5 Minutes- Settle Down & Warm Up
Record Date, Unit, Section Objective and Assignments in Middle Section
Problem Of the Day (POD)- Warm Up
Record POD in daily section and attempt to answer.
If no POD is displayed, do default warm-up:
Write 3 sentences describing what you learned in the previous Biology class

9. SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY VOCABULARY
Scientific method refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new[1] knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering observable, empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning.[2] A scientific method consists of the collection of data through observation and experimentation, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses.[3]

10. IN OTHER WORDS…
IT IS THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH

11. SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY VOCAB.
THEORY
A____________is a broad and comprehensive statement of what is believed to be true, supported by considerable experimental evidence resulting from many tests of related hypotheses.
A _______________ is a proposed explanation for an observation.
A_______________________is an question whose result can be determined scientifically through experimentation. Usually the reason or motivation for performing a lab.
A__________________ is an answer, proposition or resolution based on prior knowledge, observation, inference, or the evidence and data gathered in an experiment. What you learned from the experiment!
HYPOTHESIS
TESTABLE QUESTION
CONCLUSION

12. In science, _______________ is the process of acquiring information through your senses or specialized recording equipment, and the accumulation of this data through experimentation. This ___________is used to support or demonstrate the fact that something is true.
____________ is a type of observation that based on describing what is going on in the experiment (ie. The car is blue). Whereas _____________ is a type of observation or data that involves measurements, amounts, or numbers.
___________The act of deriving a logical conclusion from an observation.
OBSERVATION
EVIDENCE
QUALITATIVE
QUANTITATIVE
INFERENCE

13. A___________________________ is a set of procedures through which you control all variables except for one.
The _______________________ is a factor in an experiment that is changed ON PURPOSE by those who are conducting that experiment. It is usually plotted on the x-axis of a graph. On the other hand, the ____________________ is a factor in an experiment that changes depending on what happens to the other factors in an experiment. It is usually plotted on the y-axis of a graph.
A __________ is something that stays the same throughout an experiment. In many cases, time is used.
CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
CONSTANT

14. THINKING AS A SCIENTIST THINKS
THE BLACK BOX LAB
USING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
ASK A QUESTION
GATHER INFORMATION
USE LOGICAL REASONING
MAKE A PREDICTION
TEST YOUR PREDICTION
GATHER DATA
DRAW A CONCLUSION

15. THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

16. DATA TABLES & GRAPHING

17. WRITING LAB REPORTS AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN DIAGRAMS

18. THE 6 UNIFYING PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY
Evolution- The Patters and Products of Change in Living Systems
Homeostasis- Maintaining Dynamic Equilibrium In Living Systems
Energy, Matter, and Organization- Relationships in Living Systems
Continuity- Reproduction and Inheritance in Living Systems
Development- Growth and Differentiation in Living Systems
Ecology- Interaction and Interdependence in Living Systems

19. THE 5 E’S OF SCIENTIFIC THINKING
Engage- Get Interested in the Topic
Explore- Find out More About the Topic
Explain- Describe the Topic
Elaborate- Get into Detail About the Topic
Evaluate- Summarize What You Learned About the Topic