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Research 4 Lesson 1

1. The document discusses the difference between discovery and invention. Discovery is finding something that already exists, while invention is creating something totally new. 2. It defines an investigatory project as a project that uses the scientific method to find answers to questions. 3. The scientific method involves making observations, asking questions, developing hypotheses to test, conducting experiments, analyzing data, and drawing conclusions. A flowchart can be used to illustrate the steps.

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Research 4 Lesson 1

1. The document discusses the difference between discovery and invention. Discovery is finding something that already exists, while invention is creating something totally new. 2. It defines an investigatory project as a project that uses the scientific method to find answers to questions. 3. The scientific method involves making observations, asking questions, developing hypotheses to test, conducting experiments, analyzing data, and drawing conclusions. A flowchart can be used to illustrate the steps.

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Essential Questions:

1. What is difference between discovery


from invention?
2. What is an investigatory project?
3. Familiarize the steps in scientific
method.
4. To make use of flowchart in describing
the steps of scientific method.
A. discovery is recognizing something that already
exists for the first time, that nobody has
found before.

Ferdinand Magellan a Portuguese explorer who


discovered the Philippines in 1521.
An invention is creating something totally new with
one's own ideas and development.

Thomas Alva Edison was an


American inventor who
invented the first high
resistance, incandescent
electric light on January
1879, at his laboratory in
Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Filament made
of tungsten
wire
An investigatory project is a project that
tries to find the answer to a question by
using the scientific method.
The scientific method merely refers to a
broad framework for studying and
learning more about the world around
us in a scientific manner.
Therefore, it is not possible to provide a
finite number of steps or an exact
procedure for following the scientific
method.
However, the scientific method
steps detailed below describe the main
steps that scientists commonly take
when conducting a scientific inquiry.
Steps of the Scientific Method
Make an Observation
Scientists are naturally curious about the
world.
While many people may pass by a curious
phenomenon without sparing much thought
for it, a scientific mind will take note of it as
something worth further thought and
investigation.
Form a Question
After making an interesting observation, a scientific
mind itches to find out more about it.
This is in fact a natural phenomenon. If you have
ever wondered why or how something occurs, you
have been listening to the scientist in you.
In the scientific method, a question converts
general wonder and interest to a channeled line of
thinking and inquiry.
Form a Hypothesis
A hypothesis is an informed guess as to the
possible answer of the question.
The hypothesis may be formed as soon as the
question is posed, or it may require a great deal
of background research and inquiry.
The purpose of the hypothesis is not to arrive at
the perfect answer to the question but to
provide a direction to further scientific
investigation.
Conduct an Experiment
Once a hypothesis has been formed, it must be
tested.
This is done by conducting a carefully designed
and controlled experiment.
The experiment is one of the most important
steps in the scientific method, as it is used to
prove a hypothesis right or wrong, and to
formulate scientific theories.
In order to be accepted as scientific proof for
a theory, an experiment must meet certain
conditions – it must be controlled, i.e. it
must test a single variable by keeping all
other variables under control.
The experiment must also be reproducible
so that it can be tested for errors.
Analyze the Data and Draw a Conclusion
As the experiment is conducted, it is important
to note down the results.
In any experiment, it is necessary to conduct
several trials to ensure that the results are
constant.
The experimenter then analyses all the data and
uses it to draw a conclusion regarding the
strength of the hypothesis.
If the data proves the hypothesis correct, the
original question is answered.
On the other hand, if the data disproves the
hypothesis, the scientific inquiry continues by
doing research to form a new hypothesis and
then conducting an experiment to test it.
This process goes on until a hypothesis can be
proven correct by a scientific experiment.
The whole process is collaborative and is
conducted in a clearly documented manner to
help other scientists who are doing research in
the same field.
Throughout history, there are instances where
scientists have stopped their research before
completing all the steps of the scientific method,
only to have the inquiry taken up and solved by
another scientist interested in answering the
same question.
Flowchart shows the steps as boxes of
various kinds, and their order by
connecting the boxes with arrows.
This diagrammatic representation
illustrates a solution model to a given
problem.
Flowcharts are used in analyzing,
designing, documenting or managing a
process or program in various fields.
Differentiate science from technology.
Science is the study of a well organized
knowledge while technology is the
product of science.

Use flowchart to describe science.


Science

Life Science Physical Science

Biology Astronomy
Geology
Botany
Chemistry
Zoology
Physics
Magnitude Arrow
Head

Tail
Parts of an arrow

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