Warm-Up
12/9/15: SWBAT define science.
 Using the picture for inspiration,
describe Science.
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Watch these
Cartoon Drawing Explanation of
Science:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS8i
xHvEnrw (only the first minute and 58
sec)
 Advice from Bill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoS9
Dli-IaM
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Science is both a body of
knowledge and a process.
Summarize
this!
In school, science may sometimes seem
like a collection of isolated and static
facts listed in a textbook, but that's only
a small part of the story. Just as
importantly, science is also a process of
discovery that allows us to link isolated
facts into coherent and comprehensive
understandings of the natural world.
Not just the product, the process!
Discussion
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What are some “scientific” things that
you know of?
Cool-down
Please summarize what you learned
today.
 Please list questions that you still have
about science.
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Warm-Up
12/10/15: SWBAT define pseudoscience.
sci·ence
A process of discovery and a collection of
knowledge about the natural world.
pseu·do·sci·ence
noun: a collection of beliefs or practices
mistakenly regarded as being based on
scientific method.
 List other words that you know of with the root
“pseudo” in them.
 Make sure you have the definition for science
and pseudoscience in your composition book.
 Do you know of any examples of
pseudoscience?
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Pseudo: not genuine, sham
Pseudoscience: fake science
 Pseudonym: fake name used by an
author
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Video and Webpage on
Pseudoscience
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what science doesn’t cover
http://www.chem1.com/acad/sci/pseudosci.html
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/howanecdotal-evidence-can-undermine-scientific-results/
http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/unt.not.ht
ml
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP7MpY-WnSE
What is going on in our knuckles when they pop?
12/11/15: SWBAT differentiate between
science and pseudoscience.
Science:
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A hypothesis is more than an educated
guess, it needs to make predictions…
Those predictions must be testable,
ethically and with available technology.
Those predictions must be falsifiable,
meaning, can be proven to be false.
That way we can advance in science by
disproving what is wrong, getting closer
and closer to “the truth.”
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary
evidence.
Studies need to be repeated by different
people in different places (Peer Review)
Warm-Up
12/14/15: SWBAT explain how science
is done.
 How do you know what is true?
 We will also be holding student-teacher
conferences today.
 Please check your grade and ask if you
have a question, comment, or concern.
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Additional resources
Neil on Science and Pseudoscience
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvk0Cy
-plTg (22:30 -27:00)
 What is going on in our knuckles when they
pop?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP7Mp
Y-WnSE
 Are ghosts real:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAjw3
WFgVa4
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Warm-Up
12/15/15: SWBAT explain how logical
fallacies lead to believing in
pseudoscience.
 What happens when two people think
they both have the truth, how do we
decide who’s right?
 When do you witness people arguing
about who is right? Do they argue
respectfully?
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Logical Fallacies
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qbh0sXkH4
 You will take notes on each type of
fallacy.
 Discussion
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Cool-down
Name one logical fallacy that you have
used before to convince someone of
something.
 Name one logical fallacy that someone
has used before to convince you of
something.
 Who does science?
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Warm-Up
12/16/15: SWBAT describe how and
why we do science.
 How and why do we do science?
 How many different types of
experiments do you know of.
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We do science to predict and
control.
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Variable: anything that can change in an
experiment
Independent Variable: is independent, it
depends on nothing, because you change this
one as you please
Dependent Variable: depends on the changes
in the independent variable.
Controlled Variables: things that shouldn’t
change at all, so the effect is only coming from
the variable you change (independent)
Brain POP:
https://www.brainpop.com/science/scientificinquir
y/scientificmethod/
3 assumptions of science:
There are natural causes for things
that happen in the world around us.
 Evidence from the natural world can
be used to learn about those causes.
 There is consistency in the causes
that operate in the natural world.
 http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/basic_a
ssumptions
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Warm-Up
12/17/15: SWBAT define and explain
what science is.
 What questions do you have about what
we have talked about in regards to
science? – Write them down!
 What are you most hoping for, for the
holidays.
 What are you most excited to give?
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Designing Experiments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtLn
Bz6lbRQ
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c2E
to9Whec
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd1
Ul3bg188
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Cool-down: Summarize everything that you
have learned in our mini “Science Unit.”
Here’s a reminder of what we have talked about and what I
expect you to explain:
1. 3 definitions of science explained
2. Why we do science
3. Why we are susceptible to pseudoscience with explanation
4. Science V. Pseudoscience
5. How science finds the “Truth”
6. Assumptions of science
7. The “Steps” of the Scientific Method
8. 2 Examples of Pseudoscience with explanation
9. Types of Logical fallacies
A concise, thorough explanation will be at least one page.