Tec — The Education Consultancy

Topics covered

• The scientific method and the biological method — from identifying a biological problem through to forming a theory
• Observation — qualitative (the five senses) versus quantitative (measurable) data, illustrated with the malaria/Plasmodium example
• Hypothesis — the intelligent, testable guess, and the inductive and deductive reasoning used to explain it
• Designing and conducting an experiment, including control groups and experimental groups
• Results and conclusions — how experimental data supports or refutes a hypothesis
• Theory, law, and principle — how scientific reliability builds from hypothesis to established fact
• Data organization and analysis, including ratio and proportion, and the role of mathematics in the scientific process