What is Biology?/Science Process
The student should be able to:
- describe science as the study of the natural world and biology is the study of the organisms and their interactions with the environment
- describe science as both durable and robust and open to change
- differentiate between science and non‐science, citing examples of each
- explain why something would fail to meet the criteria for science: criteria should include testability, repeatability, and replicability
- set up an interactive science notebook and review lab safety protocols
- design a controlled experiment on a biology topic
- use tools (this includes the use of measurement in metric and other systems, and also the generation and interpretation of graphical representations of data, including data tables and graphs)
- collect, analyze, and interpret data from the experiment to draw conclusions
- determine an experiment’s validity and justify its conclusions based on: control group, limiting variables and constants, multiple trials (repetition) or large sample sizes, bias, method of data collection, analysis, and interpretation, communication of results
- differentiate between an observation and inference, cite examples of each
- use appropriate evidence and reasoning to justify explanations to others
PacketPowerPoints
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HandoutsTextbookSections 1.1, 1.2
Sections 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
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