ARTICLES FOR SCIENTIFIC METHOD LAB Medical Marijuana helps stem 6-year-olds seizures . Dec. 10, 2012 http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/10/health/medical-marijuana-child/index.html?iref=allsearch Fast Food...

ARTICLES FOR SCIENTIFIC METHOD LAB

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   Medical Marijuana helps stem 6-year-olds seizures . Dec. 10, 2012

   
   
   
   
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     http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/10/health/medical-marijuana-child/index.html?iref=allsearch
     

     
     
   
   
   
   


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   Fast Food Linked to Asthma, Eczema in Kids Jan. 14, 2013

   
   
   
   
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     http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/fast-food-linked-asthma-eczema-kids-144300118.html
     

     
     
   
   
   
   


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   Small drinks promise big energy July 14, 2009

   
   
   
   
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     http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/14/energy.drink.ingredients/index.html?iref=allsearch
     

     
     
   
   
   
   


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   Lifelong Bilinguals may have more efficient brains Jan. 8, 2013

   
   
   
   
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     http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/08/lifelong-bilinguals-may-have-more-efficient-brains/
     

     
     
   
   
   
   


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   Losing weight gluten-free Dec. 30, 2012

   
   
   
   
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     http://celiacdisease.about.com/od/sideeffectsofthediet/a/Five-Gluten-Free-Weight-Loss-Tips.htm
     

     
     
   
   
   
   


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   Are vaccines related to autism? Mar. 29, 2013

   
   
   
   
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     http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/29/vaccine-autism-connection-debunked-again/
     

     
     
   
   
   
   


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   'Healthy' bacteria help keep you in balance Jan. 19, 2007

   
   
   
   
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     http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/18/HM.probiotics/
     

     
     
   
   
   
   


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   Yoga tied to better sleep after cancer. Aug. 30, 2013

   
   
   
   
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     http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/30/us-yoga-cancer-idUSBRE97T0VP20130830
     

     
     

     
     
     
     

     
     

     
     
     
     

     
     
   
   
   
   

Lab 1 Scientific Method p. 4 of 4 Scientific Method Write-up Assignment • Examples of biological topics in the media will be provided. Read all of the examples. • Pick one example that you believe is based on the scientific method. Use it to answer question one and its subsections below. • Pick one that you believe is anecdotal. Use it to answer question two and its subsections below. • Find your own example of a biological topic in the media. Use your article to answer question three and its subsections below. TO RECEIVE CREDIT, ALL ANSWERS MUST BE WRITTEN IN COMPLETE, COHERENT, LOGICAL SENTENCES. Label your answers 1a, 1b, etc. 1) For the article that demonstrates the scientific method being used, answer the following. a) What is the title of the article? b) Why do you think this is an example of the scientific method being used? Justify your answer by referring to the steps of the scientific method. Which of the steps, as described on the first two pages of this handout, do you think were followed in this study? Explain your reasoning. c) Identify the hypothesis of this study and write it in the form of a testable statement. d) What is a control group, and how does a control group differ from an experimental group? Did this study have a control group? Explain. e) Summarize the data that resulted from the experiment. Was the hypothesis (as you wrote it) supported or refuted by the data? 2) For the article that is an example of an anecdote, answer the following. a) What is the title of the article? b) Why do you think this is an example of an anecdote? Explain. c) Write a hypothesis related to the topic of this article that could be tested if a person chose to conduct a scientific experiment. Make sure that your hypothesis is written as a testable statement. d) Describe an appropriate control group for testing your hypothesis. How will the control group be different from the experimental group? e) How do you think that the control group should be similar to your experimental group? 3) Conduct your own search and find one story from a major news outlet that concerns biology in some way and answer the following. Go to the website for that news outlet and input a search term of your choice (e.g. probiotics, vaccines, invasive species, etc.) ● As an NEIU student, you have free access to full-text of the Chicago Tribune. Go to http://neiu.edu/library and click on the Databases tab. Click on C and then Chicago Tribune. Alternatively, go directly to the search link at https://rwlib.neiu.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/chicagotribune?accountid=28190 ● You may also search another major news outlet of your choice, such as cnn.com or foxnews.com a) Write the title, date of publication, and source of the article and provide the link to the article. b) In your own words, summarize the main point of the article and explain how it relates to biology. c) Was the information presented in the article obtained through the scientific method, is it an anecdote, or is it not possible to tell? Justify your answer by referring to the steps of the scientific method described on the first two pages of this handout. For example, what is the hypothesis? Was an experiment conducted, and did the data support or refute the hypothesis? On the other hand, if it’s not clear that the steps of the scientific method were followed, then explain.