08/24/2011
Post date: Aug 16, 2011 1:45:48 PM
Go over class syllabus
Hand out textbooks (may store at school when you don't have homework or studying to do at home)
Set up portfolios
Categories game / scientific knowledge notes
Observation
Readily apparent information (easy to see, measure)
Most basic type of scientific knowledge
Used to construct understanding of bigger ideas
Hypothesis
Proposed explanation of how or why something happens
Based on what we know
Test with a hypothesis
Theory
Well-tested, well-supported hypothesis
Generally accepted by scientific community
The most sure we ever are in science about WHY something happens the way it does
Law
Patter of behavior which is ALWAYS followed
Describes WHAT happens repeatedly
Theories NEVER become laws because laws explain WHAT happens and theories explain WHY something happens