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Page 1: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.

Scientific MethodLab Safety

Page 2: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.

What is Forensic Science?

• is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or a civil action.

• Forensic science has shaped the world of justice, fuelling crime investigations and signifying the progress of modern technology.

Page 3: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.

The methods of Scientific The methods of Scientific studystudy

• Scientists use controlled experiments to obtain data that either do or do not support a hypothesis. By publishing the results & conclusions of an experiment, a scientist allows others to try to verify the results. Repeated verification over time leads to the development of a theory.

Page 5: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.

The Scientific MethodThe Scientific Method• Scientific methods are used by scientists to

answer questions or solve problems. – Observations (ask ? & research background)– Make hypothesis– Design experiment– Implement experiment– Collect & analyze data– Draw conclusions (prove or disprove hypothesis)– Publish results

Page 6: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.
Page 7: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.

Designing a valid experimentDesigning a valid experiment

• Hypothesis

• Control

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Data

Page 8: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.

HypothesisHypothesis

• An explanation for a question or a problem that can be formally be tested.

• It must be written as a testable statement.

• It needs to be specific & measurable

Page 9: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.

ControlControl

• The group in which all conditions are kept the same.

• Used to compare an experimental group against. (experimental group changes just 1 thing, ex. Amount of water given to plants)

Page 10: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.

Independent VariableIndependent Variable

• In an experiment only one condition is changed at a time. The condition that is changed is the independent variable.

• Ex. How much water a plant is given

Page 11: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.

Dependent VariableDependent Variable

• In an experiment scientists observe and measure changes that result from the independent variable. These changes are dependent on what happened in the experiment.

• Ex. How much plant growth was there based on amount of water given.

Page 12: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.

DataData• Information gained in a scientific

investigation

• Data is sometimes called experimental results

• Often in numerical form.

Page 13: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.

TheoryTheory

• A hypothesis that is supported by a large body of scientific evidence.

• By 1839 many scientific observation supported the hypothesis that cells are fundamental to life, so it became a theory.

Page 14: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.

Nature of ScienceNature of Science

• Scientists do their work in laboratories & in

the field. They collect both quantitative &

qualitative data from their experiments and

investigations.

Page 15: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.

QuantitativeQuantitative

• Numerically collected data.

• Experiments that result in information that can be counted or measured.

• Measured in SI (metric)

Page 16: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.

SI- International System of Measurement

• Scientific measurement used. It is a decimal system based on tens or portions of tens.

• Ex. Meter for length, Grams for mass, Liter for volume, Celsius degrees for temperature & Seconds for time.

Page 17: Scientific Method Lab Safety. What is Forensic Science? is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal.

Qualitative DataQualitative Data

Purely observational data. (describe in words or illustrations)

Useful because some experiments are not easily expressed by numbers.


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