Science repetition

• Biologie
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

The scientific method

... and writing a report

Today's planning

At the end of the lesson...

• ... you will have repeated the different aspects of the scientific method
• ... you will have done an experiment

What is a hypothesis?

1. The answer to the research question
2. The predicted answer to the research question
3. The part where you tell what went wrong in the experiment
4. Another word for research question

What is a conclusion?

1. The answer to the research question
2. The predicted answer to the research question
3. The part where you tell what went wrong in the experiment
4. Another word for research question

Conclusion

Material and method

Research question

Hypothesis

Introduction

Discussion

Results

Scientific method

• Ask a question
• Do research: what do you we already know?
• Form a hypothesis
• Do an experiment to test your hypothesis
• Look at the results
• Draw a conclusion and answer your question

Doing an experiment

Research question: what is the threshold value for sugar?

Do the experiment.

Steve is in the Intratuin and looks at the seeds for planting lavender. He starts wondering about biology: the seeds don't start to grow in the package. Why is that? Is it because there is no fresh air? He wants to investigate this.

Write down a good research question that fits the story above.

Steve is in the Intratuin and looks at the seeds for planting lavender. He starts wondering about biology: the seeds don't start to grow in the package. Why is that? Is it because there is no fresh air? He wants to investigate this.

Write down a good hypothesis that fits the research question.

Describe how you would investigate the research question. Imagine you have two packages with seeds available.

The results are: none of the seeds started to grow.
Write down a good conclusion for this experiment.