Our second to last requirement of science is 'testable'. In science, controlled experiments can be designed to test the natural world. We emphasized this idea in class today by designing some controlled experiments using the same scenarios we made predictions for yesterday (click here!). We set up these experiments by making t-charts to show what factors we would change in the experiment (variables - there should be only one!) and what we would need to keep the same (constants). After doing these scenarios together, we watched part of a Mythbusters episode, "Waterslide Wipeout." While the episode played, we filled out another t-chart of all of the variables they were testing and the things they were keeping constant.
Waterslide Wipeout Part I
Waterslide Wipeout Part II - this part is just them building the slide; I didn't show it in class
Waterslide Wipeout Part III
Waterslide Wipeout Part IV
So if you are keeping track we are at...
Consistent
Observable
Natural
Predictable
Testable
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... or CONPTT!
We will finish up with our last requirement of science tomorrow - any guesses what it might be?
Awesome I would like to retake the quiz -Rose Kearney
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