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Scientific Method Lecture Materials
These are the Scientific Method Lecture materials from the free science education website Science Prof Online. The resources below are used to supplement actual college science courses.
Page last updated: 2/2016
- Scientific Method Animation from Prentice Hall & Sinauer.
- Put It To the Test - music video by They Might Be Giants.
- Science Is Real - music video by They Might Be Giants.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
These lecture learning objectives are a study guide based on the Scientific Method Lecture PowerPoints below.
- Know the names and scientific contributions of any historical figures that we covered and how the examples we discussed relate to the scientific method (such as spontaneous generation debate and Edward Jenner's first vaccine).
- What is scientific method and what are the steps involved?
- What is the difference between science, nonscience & pseudoscience?
- Understand how to apply the steps of the scientific method as if you were describing the implementation of an actual experiment).
- What are two ways that we discussed that scientists double-check and verify their results?
LECTURE POWERPOINTS
Scientific Method PPT:
- Student's Scientific Method PowerPoint Show
- Student's Scientific Method PowerPoint PDF Printout
Printing: The best way for students to print out the PowerPoint Show is to download the PDF version. Select Print, and, when the Print screen comes up, go to the Print Handling options. Under Page Scaling, select "Multiple pages per sheet". Under Pages Per Sheet, select "2". That uses up less paper, placing two slides on each page.
The Scientific Method Lecture materials include:
- a list of learning objectives
- a PowerPoint lecture
- review questions
- practice test questions
- a printable in-class experiment
PRACTICE TEST & REVIEW QUESTIONS
These multiple-choice / matching practice test questions and essay review questions are designed to help you better understand the scientific method.
SCIENTIFIC METHOD IN-CLASS EXPERIMENT
Word doc of an in-class, hands-on animal behavior experiment to help you understand and practice the scientific method.
Instructors, a captive pilllbug (wood louse) population is required, and, in many areas, can be gathered from moist areas under rocks and logs or ordered through biological supply companies. These little guys enjoy munching potatoes and apples.
MORE SCIENTIFIC METHOD RESOURCES
- Scene from Monty Python’s Holy Grail used to explain Scientific Method.
- Pasteur’s Experiment on Spontaneous Generation, interactive science tutorial from Sinauer.
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