Chemistry Sept. 20 & 21, 2017

•OBJECTIVE: Students will describe and explain how to use the scientific method to solve a question.

•W.O.D. Fluctuate-to vary irregularly

•WARM-UP

1.DEFINE observations, inference, hypothesis, theory, & scientific law.

2.Does science knowledge change over time? Explain

Classwork

•OBJECTIVE: Students will make observations and draw inferences in order to describe how science is done.

•The Far side cartoon

•Fossil foot prints.

•Watch the video

• review with the class observations vs. inference

Part 2

•Choose 1 topic

•research topic by using Google with quotation marks

•Write a summary paragraph of what was found.

Using your paragraph look for all observations and inferences mentioned and list them in a T table.

•How do we know:

The structure of DNA

What killed the dinosaurs?

That cigarette smoking can cause cancer in humans

The inside of an atom

That evolution happened

That the earth is round