Physics307L:Schedule/Week 2 agenda/Small group exercise
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- Goals
- Learn something about what makes "good" science
- Get used to talking and contributing to class discussions
- Task
- Make small groups of 2 or at most 3 people
- Brainstorm about what necessary things you need to do in order to perform a "good" scientific study.
- After about 5 minutes, pick your favorites and email or txt them to me (txt 505-750-3279)
- I'll collect them and then we'll argue as a group about what is most important
Results
- Know the main goal of ur research
- Communication skills
- Data organization
- Keep track of what u do by writing
- Be careful to be precise and accurate
- Be creative
- Be curious about the problem. U discover more
- Don't be afraid to make a mistake
- Safety first
- Know ur equipment and how to use it
- Use your time efficiently
- Don't change too many variables at once
- Do a lot of planning, for good procedure* Transperancy, error analysis, citations, objectivity
- honest representation
- reproducibility
- relevance of work
- Design experiments such that the number of unknowns is
minimized
- Make sure no personal bias toward the results is
- Repeatable
- Can be observed and / or measured
- Is readily available to the public
- Asks questions
- Is patient
- Finds a reproducible experiment
present
- Open lines of communication
- Intellectual honesty
- Have a clear objective Have adequate controls Have detailed record of observations have properly functioning equipment Avoid any bias in measurements
- withstand rigid experimental disproof
