scientific method workshop
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Has your group signed up for a presentation
slot?http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/
seminar3presentations/
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Today’s Goals
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Today’s Goals
• To understand what consists a scientific presentation
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Today’s Goals
• To understand what consists a scientific presentation
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Today’s Goals
• To understand what consists a scientific presentation
• To draft an introduction to your scientific presentation
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What is a scientific presentation?
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Scientific Presentation
A scientific presentation showcases knowledge derived through a scientific method
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Scientific Method
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Scientific Method
A method of procedure consisting in
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Scientific Method
A method of procedure consisting in
• systematic observation, measurement, and experiment,
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Scientific Method
A method of procedure consisting in
• systematic observation, measurement, and experiment,
• and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
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Scientific Method
A method of procedure consisting in
• systematic observation, measurement, and experiment,
• and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
New Oxford American Dictionary
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What is a scientific presentation?
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What is a scientific presentation?
It should consist of the following:
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What is a scientific presentation?
It should consist of the following:
• Introduction
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What is a scientific presentation?
It should consist of the following:
• Introduction
• Methods & Results
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What is a scientific presentation?
It should consist of the following:
• Introduction
• Methods & Results
• Discussion
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What is a scientific presentation?
It should consist of the following:
• Introduction
• Methods & Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
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What is a scientific presentation?
It should consist of the following:
• Introduction
• Methods & Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• References
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Introduction
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Introduction
• Presents the question the project aims to answer
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Introduction
• Presents the question the project aims to answer
• Provides a brief background to the question
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Introduction
• Presents the question the project aims to answer
• Provides a brief background to the question
• Offers a hypothesis to the question
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Methods & Results
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Methods & Results
• Outlines the steps you took to test the hypothesis
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Methods & Results
• Outlines the steps you took to test the hypothesis
• Presents the results you obtained
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Discussion
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Discussion
• Analyzes the results in relation to the hypothesis
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Conclusion
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Conclusion
• States whether hypothesis is affirmed, refuted or modified.
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References
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References
• A bibliography of ALL the materials (including images, graphs, charts etc.) you referred to in your project
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IntroductionRECAP
• Presents the question the project aims to answer
• Provides a brief background to the question
• Offers a hypothesis to the question
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What makes a good scientific question?
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What makes a good scientific question?
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What makes a good scientific question?
• Has a narrow scope
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What makes a good scientific question?
• Has a narrow scope
• Builds on what you already know and on what you can find out
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What makes a good scientific question?
• Has a narrow scope
• Builds on what you already know and on what you can find out
• Can be answered using the scientific method
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What makes a good scientific question?
• Has a narrow scope
• Builds on what you already know and on what you can find out
• Can be answered using the scientific method
• Has important significance i.e. a high “so what?” value
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Refine the following question based on the 4 criteria given:
How has air quality changed over time?
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Group work
• Establish a topic of interest.
• Note down what you already know about the topic
• Develop a question for your scientific presentation
• Evaluate the question based on the 4 criteria given