SCIENTIFIC METHOD

1. Question

2. Hypothesis

3. Materials

4. Variables

a. Independent

b. Dependent

c. Constant

5. Procedure (Step by Step)

6. Observations/Data

7. Conclusion

8. Reflections/Next Time

Problem Solving

Listen to the following NPR Science podcasts and write up the steps to the scientific method listed below that the researchers used.

Do Dogs Get Jealous? NPR On Science 12/12/08

Scientific Method:

1. Question

2. Hypothesis

3. Materials

4. Variables

Independent

Dependent

Constant

5. Procedure (Step by Step)

6. Observations/Data

7. Conclusion

8. Reflections/Next Time

The Pellegra Story

Pellegra Story Video

This video segment from A Science Odyssey profiles Dr. Joseph Goldberger and his search for a cure for pellagra, a poorly understood disease that ravaged the American South in the early 1900s.

Another Pellegra Video and questions can be found here.

Independent Study Group:

Use one of the following websites to find additional information about Dr. Joseph Goldberger. Write a short paragraph about something you found interesting about this scientist.

Dr. Joseph Goldberger and the War on Pellagra

Read biographical information and view photos of Dr. Joseph Goldberger, a physician in the U.S. government’s Hygienic Laboratory (predecessor of the National Institutes of Health).

PBS’s A Science Odyssey: Dr Joseph Goldberger

See more information on Dr. Joseph Goldberger from PBS’s People and Discoveries.