WHAT IS

SCIENCE?
In class you’ve observed animals such as frogs
and used basic observation skills to better
understand the animal and where it came from.

Can you name some of those observations?

A SERIES OF
In a previous class, you also observed the OBSERVATIONS
plumbus, and OBSERVED the Lombard Effect
in action.

- These are all examples of what make science

happen in both the FIELD (class) and the
LAB (also in class).
A SERIES OF QUESTIONS

• Scientific inquiry makes the world go round.

– An inquiry is a question made from your observations that can
help you better understand a subject through close
questioning.
– Inquiries are very important in science because they start the
observations and prove that the scientist can develop a
workable hypothesis.
 COMMUNICATION
• Communication is KEY in the scientific community.
– Scientists communicate through:
• Scientific Reports
• Presentations
• Graphs
• Tables

• Can you name more examples?

 COOPERATION
• Working together is also important in the scientific community.
– Many scientists work in labs and very close to one another.
– Working together gets the job done!
– It also helps scientists learn more about each other and the
different subjects they are a part of.

– LEARN TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER. And always

RESPECT one another.
GOOD SCIENCE MEANS GREAT NOTES!

• TAKE GOOD CLEAN NOTES!

– Always write legibly to help communicate better with one
another. Especially the TEACHER.
– ALWAYS have the DATE and TITLE in your notes for good
book keeping.
– Add PICTURES and DRAWINGS whenever you can
Questions: questions in
science take the
investigation further.
Always question.

Observation: involves using one

or more of your senses: sight,
hearing, touch, smell and SCIENTIFIC
METHOD
sometimes tastes (when
appropriate) to gather
information.

Hypothesis: a possible
explanation or a set of
observations or an answer to
the scientific question
(hypothesis). If, then sentences.
 Methods and
Experiment: Materials: detailed
performing an in accounts of
lab/field test of the how/when/where or
hypothesis. why you conducted the
experiment.
SCIENTIFIC
Data/ Results: method
Discussion and
Conclusion:
METHOD
conversation of the
of communicating
experiment/ summary
information gathered
of the experiment. At
from the experiment.
the end of all scientific
reports.
IN THE EXPERIMENT

• Variables (factors): change or are

recorded as data in the experiment
– Manipulated variable: the variable
that changes based on the
experiment
– Responding variable: the variable
that is recorded because it responds
to the manipulated variable.
IN THE EXPERIMENT

– Controlled experiment: helps

determine if the experiment has
changed or has worked properly.
– Constant: variables that don’t
change and remain the same. Help
with the control.
MAKING MEASUREMENTS: A FORM OF
OBSERVATION
• Quantitative or Qualitative observations.
– Measurements are a form of QUANTITATIVE observations
– Can use a graduated cylinder, a scale, or a meter stick AND SO
MUCH MORE.
– Uses the METRIC SYSTEM. Base ten. Ex: kilo, deca, milli; 1000,
10, 0.001
The basic question and first
level in science is the
HYPOTHESIS.
THEORIES
After many experiments that go
AND LAWS
well, that hypothesis can
become a THEORY.
THE HIGHER
LEVEL OF
A theory THAT IS WELL HYPOTHESIS
SUPPORTED and has the same
results, becomes a LAW
 BIOLOGY: BOTANY: THE CHEMISTRY: ECOLOGY:
THE STUDY OF STUDY OF THE STUDY OF THE STUDY OF
LIFE PLANTS CHEMICALS, HABITATS

TYPES OF
ELEMENTS
AND THEIR
REACTIONS

SCIENCE
WITH ONE
ANOTHER

PHYSIOLOGY: ETHOLOGY: GEOLOGY:

THE STUDY OF THE STUDY OF THE STUDY OF
FORM AND ANIMAL THE EARTH
FUNCTION BEHAVIOR ROCKS AND
MINERALS/
FORMATION
AND
CREATION
LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION
The biosphere

Organ systems and cells

Ecosystems

Communities

Organisms
Populations
The metric system can be used for water,
solid objects and even air!
• Mass: Grams (SI unit)
• Volume: Liters (SI unit)
• Length: Meters (SI unit)
• Temperature: Celsius (SI unit)
S.I UNITS
• System International (S.I)
KING HENRY
worldwide, accepted form of
measurements used in the scientific DID WHAT?
community.
Kilo-Hecto-Deca- (main unit) -
Deci-Centi-Milli
“King Henry Died Drinking
Chocolate Milk”
STATES OF MATTER, MEASURING
TOOLS AND MODES OF
COMMUNICATION TO BE TAKEN NEXT
CLASS!