MODULE 023

SCIENCE III: GENERAL

SCIENCE
CLASS 12A
LESSON 2
WEEK 1
DATE: 03/09/2020

Email: etienne.ksis@gmail.com

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SCIENTIFIC VARIABLES
What is a variable?
- [Noun]
Variables are an important part of science projects and experiments. What is a variable? Basically, a
variable is any factor that can be controlled, changed, or measured in an experiment.
Scientific experiments have several types of variables.

TASK: based on your previous lessons in Science and in GAC 013, write in your notebook FOUR things that
could be seen as scientific variables.

Answer:
Temperature Pressure Mass

Materials
- Wood? etc……
- Metal?
- Glass? 2
VARIABLES - CONTINUED

There are 3 types of variables.

• Dependent Variable - is the thing that changes when you change the independent variable.
• Independent Variable - is the one condition that you change in an experiment.
• Control Variable - is a variable that stays constant. It does not change during the experiment.

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HOME WORK – THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
1) Make an observation about something that happens in
nature/ask a question.
2) Do basic background research – think of what variables
need to be considered to explain [1]
3) Make a hypothesis – this is a guess as to why the
observation occurs
4) Create an experiment to test your hypothesis
5) Accurately collect data & information from the experiment
6) Analyse the data that was collected from the experiment.
7) Is the hypothesis supported or rejected?
• Supported – Accept Hypothesis
• Rejected – Review and change your hypothesis and experiment

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AN APPLICATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

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AN APPLICATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD - 2 3-5 minutes
Task: What are the the
variables in this experiment?
Fertilizer = 肥料 [Féiliào]
Dependent Variable:
My plant is not
How much the plant
growing that
grows [in cm]
well 
Independent Variable:
Fertilizer A, B, and C

Control Variables
- Same pot
- Same plant type
- Amount of water
Experiment - Amount of fertilizer
- Amount of soil
cm - Type of soil
- Same hours of
Sunlight each day

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SCIENTIFIC HISTORY: EVOLUTION Vocabulary - inherit: to receive something

Refer to Unit 1E in your GAC 013 Student Manual

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SCIENTIFIC HISTORY: EVOLUTION  Natural Selection

The birds of the Galapagos

Islands had to compete for
food sources.

There wasn’t enough food

for the entire population!

Refer to Unit 1E in your GAC 013 Student Manual

SCIENTIFIC HISTORY: CELL THEORY

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SCIENTIFIC HISTORY: CELL THEORY

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SCIENTIFIC HISTORY: GENE THEORY Shape - Double Helix

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SCIENTIFIC HISTORY: HOMEOSTASIS

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HOMEWORK
Write a short 150 word essay about what characteristics made Charles Darwin a good scientist.
Research the history of his discovery of the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection.
You can use the internet or any book about this topic. You need to add at least ONE reference you used at the
end of the essay.

Remember to use your GAC Referencing Guide to help you to use the correct referencing structure.

Good reference: Bad reference:

Due date: 11/09/2020  next Friday

Refer to Unit 1E in your GAC 013 Student Manual
Please send it to me by Email for marking
etienne.ksis@gmail.com

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