Day 1 What is Science?
Chapter 1
Classwork:
Getting to Know each other (Answer these questions on the schoology discussion)
What are your top 3 favorite websites? The ones you visit the most.
-Why are these your favorite?
-Do you trust them? Do they have the potential for harm?
-What is the best thing about the internet?
Class Discussion: (Answer these questions in your notes and later we will discuss them together on teams)
Do you trust what you read on the internet?
-What leads you to trust somethings and not others?
-What makes something a fact? What does it mean for something to be true?
-Can we trust what is written on the labels or packaging of items we buy? Who is in charge of making sure packaging labels are truthful?
What is science?
Activity: (In classroom)
Every one is going to come to the board and answer the question "what is science?"
We will read them together and discuss.
Next everyone is going to come to the board and write something that is not science.
We will also read those together and discuss.
Activity: (Online)
In your notes, before you do anything, I want you to write down what you think science is. Do not cheat. This is what YOU think science is. There is no wrong answer. Then I want you to write down something that is not science.
Watch this video on what is science. Create a box in your notebook, title it "what is science?" and take notes, write down questions you might have, and new examples you might think of. You may include any picture you like that represents the topic, including funny memes.
What makes something science?
–Natural causality is the principle that all events can be traced to natural causes
–Natural laws apply to every time and place
–Scientific inquiry is based on the assumption that people perceive natural events in similar ways
Hypothesis vs Theory
Class Discussion:
What is the difference between a Hypothesis and a Theory?
Get in groups of 4 and create a definition for each. Create an explanation that expresses their differences.
The Scientific Method
Teacher Demo: (In classroom)
Get into groups and watch the teacher demonstration. Use the scientific method to generate a hypothesis as to what is happening with the teacher's demonstration.
-Observation
-Question
-Hypothesis
-Prediction
-Experiment or observation
-Conclusion
Watch this video on the scientific method. Create a box in your sketchbook, title it "the scientific method" and take notes, write down questions you might have, and new examples you might think of. You may include any picture you like that represents the topic, including funny memes.
Experiments need
Controls
Variables
Experimental group
Watch this video on the scientific method. Take notes, write down questions you might have, and new examples you might think of.
Class Discussion:
Vaccines and autism
-What is the harm in scientific illiteracy?
Homework: (Do not do this)
Class Activities to introduce science: (In Classroom)