Introduction+to+Science

= Text - Intro to Science chapter =

= Answers to chapter 1 =



__Test Revision Questions - Intro to Science part 1 (Please do these questions in preparation for your Science test)__
__Unit 1.1 - Q 2,4,6,8__ __Unit 1.2 - Q3,4,5,7,9,12,17__ __Unit 1.3 - Q 1,2,3,4,7,9__

What should be included in a Prac report



 * Writing a formal Science Prac report **


 * Video - class discussion for writing formal prac reports **

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Video: What to include in a Science report Before submitting your Prac report please make sure that your formal science prac report is in the format described in this video. media type="youtube" key="ZPT9KGfLRtI" height="315" width="420"

Your prac report must contain
 * ** Introduction ** (including aim, hypothesis and some background __#|information__ if necessary. For certain pracs you may research some theory and include this in your introduction)
 * ** Materials and Method ** (method must be in your own words and easy to follow so someone could repeat the experiment
 * ** Results ** (Both the raw data in a table as well as any graphs relevant to the prac eg: Height vs size of feet)
 * ** Discussion ** (Discuss the results and your findings, did the experiment work? talk about key ideas from the prac)
 * ** Conclusion ** (A brief paragraph about what you have found, your conclusion must relate to your aim

Hints = Independent, Dependent and Constant variables =
 * Please do not write things like "I enjoyed this experiment and it was lots of fun". Science prac's should not contain your personal opinion. First you have a question and form a hypothesis, then you perform the experiment. Finally you discuss your findings and discuss your observations and results in your discussion. To conclude you write a brief paragraph about the success and results of the experiment, it must relate directly to the aim of the experiment.

We are going to bounce different balls to measure the height of the bounce and try to establish what time of variables are involved. This video may help you in developing an understanding.
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=** Activity: Prac report **=

This is an example of an anonymous student's first ever Science Prac report. Most of the report was up to standard however there were a number of reasons why this student didn't receive full marks.

Your task is to list all the things that could have been included/removed from this report to achieve full marks. Please note: A number of questions were provided for students to discuss in the introduction and discussion. As a hint one thing that this student could have done was discuss the themes without having it in question and __#|answer__ format. Remember it's a report, not a test!!