The Nature of Science

This week will be dedicated to reviewing the scientific method while learning how to write and analyze as a scientist, and how to use common tools found in the lab.

BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, you should be able to:

• define all terms from the previous week,

• know the difference between primary and secondary literature,

• describe differences between tables and figures,

• create an experiment and isolate variables,

• describe the differences between a null hypothesis and alternate hypothesis, and

• understand hypothesis testing and the differences between the terms support or reject vs. reject or fail to reject.