Introduction to Science + scientific method

1. SCIENCE
at Istituto Massimo

2. Welcome!
I am teacher De Marzi,
and I will be your
Science teacher

3. STUDENT'S BOOK WORKBOOK A NOTEBOOK

4. and a LAB COAT!
If we can't go to the lab, we will do
experiments in class.

5. 1 hour per week
(in co-presence with
your teacher of
"Matematica e Scienze")
Don't worry for
your English!!!
I will consider
only scientific
words and
knowledge
Oral tests are
voluntary
(1-2 people per lesson)
+ written tests
(compiti in classe)
1 2 3
INFORMATION

6. And in 3 media?
You will have the chance to sit the
"Cambridge Checkpoint Science" exam.
It is voluntary, and you get a
certification by Cambridge International
(like KET and PET exams,
but for Science!!!)

7. - KEEP YOUR MASK ON IF
YOU ARE NOT SITTING
- WRITE YOUR NAME ON IT
STAY SAT,
UNLESS THE TEACHER TELLS
YOU TO STAND UP
HANDS UP IF YOU WANT TO
SPEAK, AND WAIT FOR HER!

8. QUESTIONS?

9. LET'S START!

10. What does the scientist do?What does the scientist do?

11. The scientific
method

12. Results

13. OBSERVATION:
QUESTION
HYPOTHESIS
EXPERIMENT
RESULTS
CONCLUSION
Results

14. OBSERVATION: I observe the world around me
QUESTION: the observation makes me think of a question
HYPOTHESIS: I imagine a possible answer
EXPERIMENT: I plan an experiment to test if my
hypothesis is correct
RESULTS: the experiment gives me results
CONCLUSION: I use the results to verify if my hypothesis
was correct. If it was not correct, I make another
hypothesis and I test it again with the scientific method
Results
EXPLANATION:EXPLANATION:EXPLANATION:

15. let's use the
scientific
method
Look at plants: OBSERVE them and
how they live. Ask yourself questions
about them.

16. let's use the
scientific
method
QUESTION: IS THE LIGHT ESSENTIAL
FOR SEEDS TO GROW?

17. let's use the
scientific
method
HYPOTHESIS: YES, THEY NEED LIGHT
TO GROW TALL AND GREEN.

18. EXPERIMENTEXPERIMENTEXPERIMENT

20. RESULTS:

21. HYPOTHESIS: YES, THEY NEED LIGHT
TO GROW TALL AND GREEN.
DO YOUDO YOUDO YOU
REMEMBERREMEMBERREMEMBER
YOURYOURYOUR
HYPOTHESIS?HYPOTHESIS?HYPOTHESIS?

22. CONCLUSION:CONCLUSION:
Plants grow alsoPlants grow also
without light.without light.
They are also taller,They are also taller,
but they are not green.but they are not green.
But now you have otherBut now you have other
questions...questions...

23. Results
ScientificScientific
methodmethod
again!again!

24. Thank you
for attending!