Week 1

Scientific Method

... used to search for cause and effect relationships in nature

Readings

• Online Textbook: Intro to Chemistry
• Overview of the Scientific Method

Videos

• Bozeman Science: History of Scientific Method
• Mark Rosengarten: It's Only a Theory
• Beakman's World

Optional Assignments

• Watch Chemistry 101: The Scientific Method
• Chemistry 101: Note Taking Guide

Brain Food

• Ted Talk : The Scientific Method Sucks
• SciShow: The Times and Troubles of the Scientific Method
• Education Portal: Is There Really Only One Scientific Method?
• Read about a Non-linear approach to the Scientific Method
• How the Non-Linear approach is used with a New Spider Discovery
• Feynman Lecture on the Scientific Method

For Fun

• Scientific Method in Monty Python