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Reflections__ (2) I have internet at my house that will be able to run this site, but since it is satelite, i will not be able to get online if the weather is poor. sometimes our internet also gets shut off for 2 or 3 days at a time, due to exceeding our bandwidth limit. ( 3) I think using this website will make turning in labs easier for me, because we do not have a printer. It will be nice to see what our homework is, incase i forget. ** || The author made a point to make it clear that there is a difference between a fact, a hypotheses, a law, and a theory. a fact is the basic level of all the other ones, a fact can be as simple as a basic observation, or it can be as complex as something that has been tested a million times. a hypotheses is some type of guess of what will happen. and a law is something that always happens. a theory is a description of anything in the world, that is based on a lot of experiments. ** ||
 * ==** Reflection on Topic; Date Publishe d **== ||
 * **(1) Using online tools like wikispaces will be easy for me, and i will enjoy this more than writing a paper
 * Reflection on Topic; Scientific Method ||
 * **The scientific method is explained in a totally different way in this packet, every other time i have learned about the scientific method, it was a set number of steps that you had to follow. I disagreed with that, and i knew that "real" scientists didn't follow those steps so strictly. this author explains that the scientific method is more of a cycle than a set number of steps. His idea of the scientific method is made up of 5 parts: Identifying patterns, Hypothesis, prediction, observations-experiments-data, and preconceptions.


 * == Review Questions: 6-9 == ||
 * ** 6) The steps to the scientific method are different depending on who explains them to you, but to me the scientific method goes: Problem, How to solve, Hypotheses, Experiment, Record data, analyze. After the experiment, and you analyze your data, it is OK if you feel you need to go back and re-do your experiment, or want to change your hypotheses.

7) A hypotheses, is used to compare what the outcome of your experiment looks like to your original thoughts. A hypotheses is also helpful to keep your mind on track when you might get distracted. A Theory is like a law, but it is not as firmly written as a law would be. a law is something that is well known and you can base your experiment off of it. Predictions work the same as your hypotheses, but they aren't written down. everyone has predictions of everything they will do, so it's no different for scientists.

8)An observation is something you see, and write down while your experiment is going on. an experiment is how you test your hypotheses, while observations either prove, or disprove it.

9)The term scientific cycle would be a better fit, than scientific method, because all the steps are a big cycle, and you just keep doing them over and over again. if you finish in the way the steps tell you to go, you might not get everything out of what you wanted to. if your steps are a cycle, you can keep doing your experiment until youre confident with your data you collected. ** ||

AND NOW I PRESENT MY MAD PHOTOSHOP SKILLS.

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