​Before we begin, let's all try this Socrative Questionnaire!

Room Name: SNC1W
Student ID: Your First Name

lesson 1: What is Science?

Why?
Hypothesis vs. Theory vs. Law - What's the diff?
Hypothesis: 
  • an educated guess, based on observation.
  • can be supported or refuted through experimentation or more observation. 
  • A hypothesis can be disproven, but not proven to be true

Theory:
  • is an accepted hypothesis.
  • summarizes a hypothesis that has been supported with repeated testing. 
  • is valid as long as there is no evidence to dispute it. 

Law:
  • generalizes a body of observations. 
  • At the time it is made, no exceptions have been found to a law. 
  • Scientific laws explain things, but they do not describe them. 
  • One way to tell a law and a theory apart is to ask if the description gives you a means to explain 'why'.    

Fields of science:

Activity: 

FOR EACH OF THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE IN the chart in YOUR NOTES, 

write down A simple DEFINITION:

Okay, weird Slime mold
​Microbiology break...

Fun Fact: Slime mold is not a plant or animal. It's not a fungus, though it sometimes resembles one. Slime mold, in fact, is a soil-dwelling amoeba, a brainless, single-celled organism, often containing multiple nuclei.

...and an Embryology break?

Skills Challenge:
​Name that field of Science?

Quizlet: Lesson 1

Learn all about the fields of science on Quizlet!