Nature of Science - am I keeping up?

Science is durable (reliable) but can ____________________over time with new evidence or new information

• be proven wrong

• be proven correct

• change

Comparing the temperature of Miami to the temperature of Port St Lucie during July

• Experiment

• Observation

• Fieldwork

• Making a Model/Simulation

A group of people trained to climb a mountain.  As they practices in high altitudes, a researcher measured changes in their lung strength.  Why is it important that her study has a control group?

• O  to ensure that everyone in the group was strong enough to climb a mountain
• to test equipment for measuring lung strength
• to share her research with as many people as possible
• to compare typical lung strength with the effects of training

How many variables should be changed in a simple experiment?

• 5
• 3
• 1
• 6

A valid scientific investigation must be able to be 

• graphed.
• predicted.
• replicated (which means repeated)
• observed.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The variable that is being measured or observed is called the _______________. Hint: this is the variable that is the result or effect

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control variable

What is an observation?

• A scientific statement based on ideas

• Using your senses to notice what is going on around you

• To be unaware of your surroundings

• The question that you want an answer to.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Jackie sets up an investigation to find out how many paperclips she can pick up with an electromagnet. She takes a long iron nail, wraps insulated wire around it 40 times, and connects the wire ends to the opposite terminals of a D-cell battery.

Jackie touches the tip of the nail to a pile of 100 paperclips and picks up 15 of them. She tries the investigation again and picks up 15 paperclips. Jackie concludes that her electromagnet can pick up 15 paperclips. What should Jackie do to improve her investigation?

• Jackie should use a regular magnet and not an electromagnet.

• Jackie should use a different type of battery.

• Jackie should do more trials to make sure her results are valid.

• Jackie should begin with more than 100 paperclips.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The factor in an experiment that will be changed. 

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• controlled variable
• inferences 

A possible explanation to a problem or question that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact