Influencing policy (training slides from Fast Track Impact)
Studyingppl h bnb9815
1. Issues and Life Science
Unit A: Studying People
Scientifically
Mr. Forde
Scofield Magnet MS
2015 - 2015
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3. How Do Scientists Work?
Sept. 8, 2015
To Do: Write 2 - 3 sentences describing how
scientists do their work?
Key Words: Hypothesis, Scientific Method
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6. Activity 2: The Pellagra Story
September 9, 2015
Getting Started: List 2 things that scientists could do to learn
more about a disease and its cause or causes?
7. Challenge: What are the common elements of all scientific
problem-solving methods?
Key Words: ethics, evidence, inference, observation
Results: See Worksheets
Fill in “Notes on the Pellagra Story” sheet
Complete “Observation and Inference” sheet
Compare “Dr. Goldberger and the Traditional Scientific Method’
Analysis: Answer Analysis Questions 1a, 1b, 2a,
(homework)
8. Hypothesis: An educated guess
Scientific Method: Steps that scientists use to
complete
their work.
Ethics: Looking at what is right and wrong
Evidence: Info that is collected to see if something is
true.
Inference: A conclusion based on evidence
Observation: Looking at something carefully.
Key Words:
9. Should a prisoner who participated
in Dr. Goldberger’s experiment on
Pallegra be allowed to be released
from prison?
10. Activity 12: What’s Happening Inside?
September 14 - 16, 2014
Getting Started: List as many human organs
as you can.
Introduction: Read and summarize pg. B-10
in 2 sentences.
11. Challenge: What do you know about organs and organ
systems of the human body?
Key Words:
System- A group of related parts that work together
Organ- a structure made of tissues that perform an
important body function (job).
Organ System- a group of organs that work together to
perform an important body function (job).
13. Procedure: Have you read and do you understand the procedure for
part A pg. B11-B12 together? Write two sentences that describes
what you will be doing.
Results: Part A: Copy questions from part A “laying it out”
Part B: Write your grouped organs in your notebook
Complete student sheet 12.1 sheet
Part D: student sheet 12.2a and 12.2b
Analysis: Answer Analysis Questions 1,2, 5 and 6.
Reflection: What new things have you learned about the human body
in this activity?
21. Activity 5: Can you feel the difference?
September
Getting Started: Discuss designing an experiment. (Watch PBS Video-
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/basketball.html)
Introduction: Read and summarize pg. A-20 in one/two sentences.
22. Challenge: What is the smallest distance apart at which you can still feel two points?
Key Words: variables, control variables, sample size, sensitivity
Procedure: We will read the procedures on pg. A21 - A23 together.
Results: See sheet
23. Analysis: Answer Analysis Questions 1, 3, 4a, 4b and 6.
Reflection: How would you create an experiment to test a person’s sensitivity to sound?
24. Activity 5: Paper Shots
Getting Started: Discussion “How would you set-up a
basketball shooting experiment?”
(Watch PBS Video-
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/basketball.html)
Challenge: What are the variables of a well designed
experiment?
Key Words: Control Variable, Dependent Variable,
Independent Variable
Procedure: Each student shoots a paper ball 10x at 12 tiles
to collect data.
27. Control Variable- Those things you keep the same
in an experiment.
Dependent Variable- D = data, Data you are
collecting in your experiment.
Independent Variable- The change you are making
(studying) in an experiment.
29. Activity 6: Finding the Nerve
September 16, 2013
Getting Started: What and where are your 5 senses?
Challenge: Why do different parts of the body have different sensitivities to
touch?
Key Words: Homeostasis, Nerves, Nervous System, Neuron,
Procedure: Let’s read together. You will complete the stopping to think
questions at each section in your binder.
31. Nerves – a bundle of nerve cells
Neuron- a nerve cell
Nervous System- Your brain, spinal cord and
nerves.
Homeostasis- the ability to maintain a steady
environment.
Key Words:
