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Due MONDAY
Project #1
You must make an advertisement on 5 safety rules!
Must include:
• Colorful pictures
• 5 safety rules
• Engaging words
Due Wednesday, August 15th
Remember advertisements are short
and sweet!
Today’s Goal
Part 1:
Scientific
Method
Part 2:
Process Skills
Lab Safety Challenge #1
T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/
What’s wrong? Identify 6 different
safety concerns shown in the picture below.
Image: http://morrisonlabs.com/lab_safety.htm
The answers are …
Don’t fool around
during a lab.
Always point test tubes and other
items away from yourself and
others when heating.
Don’t eat or drink
while in the lab.
Keep hair and other
flammable objects
away from flames.
Don’t leave a flame
unattended.
Image: http://morrisonlabs.com/lab_safety.htm
Always wear safety
goggles when doing
an experiment
Lab Safety Challenge #2
T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/
What’s wrong? Identify 9 different safety
concerns shown in the picture below.
Image: http://morrisonlabs.com/lab_safety.htm
The answers are …
Always wear
safety goggles
during a lab.
Don’t leave
materials laying
on the floor.
Don’t smell directly from
Don’t heat
closed
a container
- WAFT.
containers.
Keep your lab area
neat and clean.
Don’t place lab materials
Keep papers and other
Unplug equipment
near the edge of the table.
flammable objects away
when not in use.
from flames.
Clean up spills immediately
Image: http://morrisonlabs.com/lab_safety.htm
Science Safety
T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/
Can you unscramble all the phrases below?
Hint: They are all related to safety.
1. R A W E O L G E G S G
2. F W T A, not F W F H I
3. S H A W O R U Y N H A S D
4. L O F L W O I E C R D I T O N S
5. O D T N’ O L F O R U O N A D
The answers are ...
1. R AWEAR
WE O
LGEGSG
GOGGLES
2. F WWAFT,
T A, not
FW
FHI
not
WHIFF
3. S HWASH
AW N
H A SHANDS
D
YOUR
4. L O FFOLLOW
L W O I DIRECTIONS
ECRDITONS
5. O D TDON’T
N’ O LFOOL
F O AROUND
R U ONAD
Scientific
Method
Turn to the person sitting next to
you and tell them at least one
thing you remember about the
scientific method!!!
What is the scientific
method?
The process that is
used to find answers
to questions about
the world around us.
Is there only one “scientific
method”?
No, there are several versions of the scientific
method.
Some versions have more steps, while others may
have only a few. However, they all begin with the
identification of a problem or a question to be
answered based on observations of the world
around us and provide an organized method for
conducting and analyzing an experiment.
What is a
hypothesis?
It is an educated guess based on
observations and your knowledge
of the topic.
What is data?
It is information gathered during an
experiment.
1. Identify the Problem
What do you want to know or explain?
• Use observations you have made to write
a question that addresses the problem or
topic you want to investigate.
2. Form a Hypothesis
What do you think will happen?
• Predict the answer to your question or the
outcome of the experiment.
3. Create an Experiment
How will you test your hypothesis?
• Develop a procedure for a reliable
experiment and address safety rules
4. Perform an Experiment
• Follow the steps in your procedure to
perform your experiment
• Record data and observations
5. Analyze the Data
Is the data reliable?
• Does your data and observations from the
experiment support your hypothesis?
6. Communicate the Results
• Write a conclusion that summarizes the
important parts of your experiment and
the results
Part 2:
Process Skills
What are science process skills?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
The foundation of the scientific method
Six basic skills:
Observation
Inference
Classification
We will be
Measurement
working on
Communication
these all year!
Prediction
Observations and Inferences
Look at the drawing.
What do you notice
and what do you think
is going to happen?
Observations and
Inferences
How does
your story
change?
Observations and
Inferences
Did it change again?
Observations and
Inferences
What do you observe?
What do you infer?
Compare what you think now
to your earlier written accounts.
What is an observation?
• When you observe, you become aware
of something using one of your senses.
• Your five senses are smell, taste, sight,
touch, and sound.
• In an observation you simply describe
something as it appears.
• An observation is a statement describing a
fact.
Qualitative Observation
•
Sometimes scientists must make very careful
observations.
• Often their senses are not good enough. There are some
things that cannot be observed using just your senses.
(Examples: radiation, sound waves, planets, cells, etc.)
Can you think of ways
that scientists have
solved this problem?
How can scientists
extend their senses?
What is an inference?
• When you infer, you make a mental judgment based
on observations.
• Inferences cannot be directly observed. They require
thought.
• For example, if you get up in the morning, look up at
the sky and observe dark clouds, observe the air is cool
and humid, and observe puddles on the ground, you
might infer that it has recently rained.
• Note: you did not see rain; you decided that it rained
based on your observations. An inference is a statement
based on your interpretation of the facts.
Observation vs. Inference
Observations
• That plant is extremely
wilted.
• The car stopped running
• The braves are leading
their division
Inferences
• That plant is extremely
wilted due to a lack of
water.
• The car stopped running
because it was out of gas.
• The braves are leading
there division because
they are playing well
right now.
Observation
or
Inference?
Write one
observation.
Write one
inference
Write one
observation.
Write one
inference
Write one
observation.
Write one
inference
Write one
observation.
Write one
inference
Write one
observation.
Write one
inference
Write one
observation.
Write one
inference
Question of the
Day
How can people have
different inferences about
the same observations.
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