Science process skills

The scientific method

This method is very important as it is used for researchers to support or disprove a theory. The scientific method consists of the following:
Observation-You observe something in the material world, using your senses or machines which are basically extensions of those senses.
Question- You ask a question about what you observe.
Hypothesis- You predict what you think the answer to your question might be.
Method- You figure out a way to test whether hypothesis is correct. The outcome must be measurable.
Result-You do the experiment using the method you came up with and record the results. You repeat the experiment to confirm your results.
Conclusion- You state whether your prediction was confirmed or not and try to explain your results.

Here is a short rap on the scientific method. Enjoy!!!

Laboratory Work

Lab Lesson

We went to the laboratory and we had to observe a few rules and regulations there. We had to follow the teacher's instruction carefully before using the laboratory equipment. We were introduced to a few signs that we would be seeing as well, such as the explosive sign, toxic sign, flammable sign,corrosive sign,irritable sign ,the bio hazardous sign and the radioactive sign. We did some experiments on the Bunsen burner and we all had to learn how to light it up. Although I was scared at first, after trying to light it up, I felt that it was not so scary after all. I learnt that there are 2 types of flames a non-luminous flame and a luminous flame. The luminous flame is produced when little air is allowed to interact with the flames while a non-luminous flame occurs when the air-holes are open allow air into the Bunsen burner. Sometimes, a strike back can appear and it is usually when too much air is entering the air-hole and the flame instead of burning at the top of the barrel, the gas burns at the jet.

Very First Post

 

Science and Technology

This was the topic of the first lesson of science. One example of this is the invention of the light bulb. Although science is beneficial to us in many ways, people might abuse science and use science for the wrong purpose. Some examples of abusing scientific applications is to use science to manufacture pure heroin for consumption. Heroin is a type of drug and it is harmful to us in many ways thus science should not be used to manufacture such harmful drugs and instead to be used properly.