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    Applying Scientific Method Worksheet

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    A student noticed that dog wounds heal without infection and proposed the hypothesis that a dog's saliva prevents bacterial infection. To test this, the student designed an experiment with two identical bacterial culture dishes, treating one with dog saliva and observing them over a week. The student found the bacteria grew more slowly in the saliva-treated dish. For a revised experiment, the student will pretreat one dish with saliva before adding the same bacteria to both, to better control variables.

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    Applying Scientific Method Worksheet

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    A student noticed that dog wounds heal without infection and proposed the hypothesis that a dog's saliva prevents bacterial infection. To test this, the student designed an experiment with two identical bacterial culture dishes, treating one with dog saliva and observing them over a week. The student found the bacteria grew more slowly in the saliva-treated dish. For a revised experiment, the student will pretreat one dish with saliva before adding the same bacteria to both, to better control variables.

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    A student noticed that dog wounds heal without infection and proposed the hypothesis that a dog's saliva prevents bacterial infection. To test this, the student designed an experiment with two identical bacterial culture dishes, treating one with dog saliva and observing them over a week. The student found the bacteria grew more slowly in the saliva-treated dish. For a revised experiment, the student will pretreat one dish with saliva before adding the same bacteria to both, to better control variables.

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    Applying Scientific Method Worksheet

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    A student noticed that dog wounds heal without infection and proposed the hypothesis that a dog's saliva prevents bacterial infection. To test this, the student designed an experiment with two identical bacterial culture dishes, treating one with dog saliva and observing them over a week. The student found the bacteria grew more slowly in the saliva-treated dish. For a revised experiment, the student will pretreat one dish with saliva before adding the same bacteria to both, to better control variables.

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    Applying The Scientific Method Worksheet

    5.

    What is a control variable?

    Name:__________________________________Period:_________Date:__________
    PART 1: Vocabulary: Answer the following questions completely and
    concisely.
    1.

    2.

    List the steps of the scientific method.

    PART 2: Analysis: Answer the following questions completely and


    concisely.
    A student noticed that when a dog is cut, the dog periodically licks
    its wounds. Usually after a few days, the wound begins to heal
    without ever showing signs of infection.

    a.

    ________________________________________________

    b.

    ________________________________________________

    c.

    ________________________________________________

    d.

    ________________________________________________

    e.

    ________________________________________________

    A.

    f.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    B. If dogs saliva is present, then the growth of infection-causing


    bacteria will be prevented.

    g.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    h.

    ________________________________________________

    C. Ill obtain a bacterial culture and grow the same kind of bacteria in
    two identical culture dishes. Once the bacteria start growing, Ill
    add dog saliva to ONLY one of the dishes and leave the other
    alone. Ill cover both dishes. Then Ill observe what happens each
    day for one week.

    The following steps outline the students line of reasoning:

    What is a hypothesis?

    I wonder why the dogs wound doesnt become infected.

    D. Even after adding the dog saliva to one of the dishes, the bacteria
    continued to grow in both dishes over the course of the week.
    However, the bacteria in the dish treated with saliva grew more
    slowly than the bacteria in the untreated dish.
    3.

    4.

    E.

    What step of the Scientific Method is the Hypothesis proposed?

    What is the difference between and independent variable and a


    dependent variable?

    I think Ill try something else. Ill start with two identical culture
    dishes, as before, and use the same kind of bacteria in each dish,
    but this time Ill treat one dish with dog salvia BEFORE I add the
    bacteria. Ill observe what happens each day for a week.

    1.

    What part of the scientific method is illustrated in step A?_____________

    2.

    What part of the scientific method is illustrated in step B? _____________

    3.

    What part of the scientific method is illustrated in step C?


    _______________

    4.

    What is the independent variable in the students experimental design?

    ________________________________________________________________
    5.

    What is the dependent variable in the students experimental design?

    __________________________________________________________________

    6.

    What is the control in the students experimental design?

    __________________________________________________________________

    7.

    Why were both dishes covered?

    __________________________________________________________________

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