1. What is physical
Science

2. What is Physical Science

3. What is Physical Science
Science is a way of learning about the natural world

4. What is Physical Science
Science is a way of learning about the natural world
Observing: Means using one or more senses to gather
information

5. What is Physical Science
Science is a way of learning about the natural world
Observing: Means using one or more senses to gather
information
Qualitative observation: Don’t involve measurements

6. What is Physical Science
Science is a way of learning about the natural world
Observing: Means using one or more senses to gather
information
Qualitative observation: Don’t involve measurements
Quantitative: Involves measurements

7. What is Physical Science
Science is a way of learning about the natural world
Observing: Means using one or more senses to gather
information
Qualitative observation: Don’t involve measurements
Quantitative: Involves measurements
Inferring: Explaining your observations

8. What is Physical Science
Science is a way of learning about the natural world
Observing: Means using one or more senses to gather
information
Qualitative observation: Don’t involve measurements
Quantitative: Involves measurements
Inferring: Explaining your observations
Predicting: Explaining what will happen

9. Study of matter and Energy

10. Study of matter and Energy
Chemistry: Study of properties of matter and
how matter changes

11. Study of matter and Energy
Chemistry: Study of properties of matter and
how matter changes
Physics is the study of how matter and energy
interact

12. Scientific Inquiry

13. Scientific Inquiry
Scientific Inquiry refers to different ways scientists
study the natural world

14. Scientific Inquiry
Scientific Inquiry refers to different ways scientists
study the natural world
The Process of Inquiry
Posing question
developing hypotheses: Possible answer
designing experiment: manipulated variable responding variable, controlled
collecting and interpreting data
draw conclusion communicate ideas