Daily Agenda
     Minute Activities
     s
     10 min  Bell-ringer
     10 min  Daily Review
     10 min  Scientific Method PowerPoint
     45 min  Scientific Method Stations
     10 min  Closure
   Objectives:
    I will sequence the steps of the 
     scientific method.
    I will define the vocabulary 
     associated with the scientific method.
    I will create flashcards for the 
     vocabulary.
    I will identify variables, groups, and 
     constants.
    I will design an experiment 
     containing variables, groups, and 
     constants.
      Standards of Learning 
      for Biology:
       BIO.1  The student will demonstrate an 
        understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and 
        the nature of science by planning and conducting 
        investigations in which
       b) hypotheses are formulated based on direct 
        observations and information from scientific 
        literature;
       c) variables are defined and investigations are 
        designed to test hypotheses;
       k) differentiation is made between a scientific 
        hypothesis, theory, and law;
   Science & the
     Scientific 
      Method
  What is Science?
  
   Science is the attempt 
   to put the universe in 
   some kind of order 
   that humans can 
   understand.
  
   From Latin scire 
   (which means “to 
   know”)