Title: SCSh8 Students will understand important features of the process of scientific inquiry.
1SCSh8 Students will understand important features
of the process of scientific inquiry.
2EQ What are the important features of the
process of scientific inquiry?
3How Science Takes Place
- How do scientists explore the world?
41-1-1 How Science Takes Place
- A scientist may perform experiments to find a new
aspect of the natural world, to explain a known
phenomenon, to check the results of other
experiments, or to test the predictions of
current theories.
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- Scientists plan experiments.
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- Scientists always test the results.
9The Branches of Science
- How are the many types of science organized?
101-1-5 The Branches of Science
- Natural science is divided into biological
science, physical science and Earth science.
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- science the knowledge obtained by observing
natural events and conditions in order to
discover facts and formulate laws or principles
that can be verified or tested
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- biological science the science of living things
- botany, ecology
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- physical science the science of matter and
energy - chemistry the science of matter
and its changes - physics the
science of forces
and energy
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- earth science the science of the Earth, the
atmosphere, and weather - geology, meteorology
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- pure science the continuing search for
scientific knowledge
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- technology the application of science for
practical purposes
17Scientific Laws and Theories
- What are scientific theories, and how are they
different from scientific laws?
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- Theories explain why something happens, laws
explain how something works.
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- law a descriptive statement or equation that
reliably predicts events under certain conditions
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- theory a system of ideas that explains many
related observations and is supported by a large
body of evidence acquired through scientific
investigation
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- Experimental results support laws and theories.
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- Scientific theories are always being questioned
and examined.
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- To be valid, a theory must
- explain observations
- be repeatable
- be predictable
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- qualitative statement describes something with
words
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- quantitative statement describes something with
mathematical equations or numbers
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- Theories and laws are always being tested.
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- model a representation of an object or event
that can be studied to understand the
real object or event
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- Scientists use conceptual, physical, and computer
models to study objects and events.