Ap Biology Discussion Notes

Tuesday 8/26

Goals for Today:

1.Demonstrate that you know everyones names. :)

2. Be able to describe and apply basic chemistry concepts

3. Work on asking scientific questions

QUIZ TIME!

Question of the Day:What are the parts of the scientific method you are familiar with?

What do you think are the characteristics of a good scientific question?

Water Strider Demo

Asking questions…

● Come up with 2 questions about organisms or our effect on organisms.

● Pair with another person and try to help each other make them better scientific questions.

Asking scientific question

Broad questions vs Narrow questions

Choose one question you think is the best scientific question, write a Hypothesis and design an experiment to test your hypothesis

Drawing Graphs

When you are done with your experimental design: ● Draw 1 graph that shows data that

would support your hypothesis

● Draw 1 graph that shows data that could prove your hypothesis wrong.

Species of the Day

Water Striders

Family: Veliidae (small water striders)

What emergent property of water were we looking at in this demonstration? What property did the soap destroy?