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Scientific MethodsSection 2.1

Objectives:1. List and describe the steps of the

experimental method.2. Describe how scientists study

subjects in which experiments are not possible.

Experimental Method (aka, “Scientific Method”)

ObservationQuestionHypothesisExperiment

Only allow one variable to change Use a control group for comparison Repeat the experiment

Organize and analyze dataCommunicate results

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Correlation Method

What scientists use when they cannot answer a question experimentally.

What was Earth’s climate like 60 million years ago?

Does smoking cause lung cancer?Correlation – reliable associations

between two or more eventsTree rings

Lost Colony (Roanoke Island, VA) Jamestown, VA

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Rainfall and Tree Ring WidthChapter 2 Section 1 Scientific Methods

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Good Scientists Are:

1. Curious

2. Skeptical

3. Open to new ideas

4. Intellectually honest

5. Imaginative and creative (John Snow’s spot map)

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John Snow’s Cholera Spot MapChapter 2 Section 1 Scientific Methods

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Quick Quiz

Why should the results of an experiment be repeatable?

Why are experiments designed to have as few variables – preferably only one – as possible?

Why is the correlation method a useful accompaniment to the experimental method?

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