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 * ==Reflection on Topic; August 28== ||
 * Making a wikispaces was much easier and quicker than I had expected it to be. I have full internet access at my home and think it would be helpful to use there. Posting labs on the site sounds so much simpler than handing them in, and I like the idea of adding videos or pictures of the labs instead of drawing pictures for them. ||


 * ==Reflection on Topic; August 30== ||
 * The author's views on the scientific methods were interesting. I liked their examples on the different people who put wisdom before human theory, but I also think that is very flawed. You can't walk through life looking for answers and just expect them to prove themselves on paper or in your head. Sometimes you have to look at actual examples. (Referring to the man who got kicked out of the club for suggesting counting the horse teeth). ||


 * ==Reflection on Topic; August 31== ||
 * The two author's opinions on the subject of the scientific method were VERY different. The author of "Science: A Way of Knowing" claimed that the only way to arrive at a conclusion was to use the scientific method or there would be gaps. The author of "On Scientific Method" seemed to think the exact opposite, that if you did follow the scientific method you had no idea what you were doing and should not be a scientist, in short. ||

You had to use the scientific method to make a clock. You had to observe what happened when using different variables for the clock, you had to experiment to see what worked best, and you had to examine the data to come up with a conclusion. The only difference was that you couldn't really predict what was going to happen or use a hypothesis or a theory. ||
 * ==Reflection on Topic; September 10== ||
 * * How was the process of designing and testing a clock similar to the scientific method as discussed in class?
 * How did it differ?
 * What "steps" in the scientific process were present and which were missing?
 * Was there a part of the activity that is not a part of the scientfic process?


 * ==Reflection on Topic; September 21== ||
 * A system is anything that can be studied. Our classroom came up with a definition that means anything that can be studied that is able to change within itself to produce a product. An isolated system prevents interference from outside matter, such as dust, that could create additional mass that would therefore not conserve mass. It could also prevent matter from being removed, such as water vapor through evaporation. ||


 * ==Reflection on Topic; December 15== ||

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