Remember 9/11 Prayer – by a Navy Chaplain

1. Remember 9/11 Prayer – by a Navy Chaplain Almighty God, the past year will be indelibly inscribed in our memories. We looked with horror on the terrorist attacks of last September 11th. But we looked with honor on acts of courage by ordinary people who sacrificed themselves to prevent further death and destruction. We shed our tears in a common bond of grief for those we loved and lost. We journeyed through a dark valley, but your light has led us to a place of hope. You have turned our grief into determination. We are resolved to do what is good, and right, and just. Help us to remember what it means to be Americans— a people endowed with abundant blessings. Help us to cherish the freedoms we enjoy and inspire us to stand with courage, united as one Nation in the midst of any adversity. Lord, hear this prayer for our Nation. Amen.

2. AIM = What does the scientific method “look like”?DO-NOW: For each statement below, state if you think it is TRUE or FALSE (and your reasoning)… • Science can prove anything. • Science can solve any problem or answer any question. • Scientific explanations must be based on observations and experimentation. • Different scientists may get different solutions to the same problem.

3. Science can prove anything. True False

4. False The scope of scientific knowledge is limited to the physical world, a world that we can observe with our senses. Science is not suitable to handle the supernatural, values and ethics. Scientific explanations must be disprovable. Explanations based on supernatural forces, values or ethics can never be disproved.

5. Science can solve any problem or answer any question. True False

6. False Science attempts to disprove hypotheses by testing them with data from carefully designed experiments. If the idea survives testing, then it is a stronger explanation. Science is a process which can only produce “possible” or “highly probable” explanations for natural phenomena; these are never certainties. With new information or approaches, earlier findings can be replaced by new findings.

7. Scientific explanations must be based on careful observations and the testing of hypotheses. True False

8. True Science must follow certain rules; otherwise, it's not science (just as soccer is not soccer if its rules are not followed). The rules of science are intended to make the process as objective as is humanly possible, and thereby produce a degree of understanding that is as close to reality as possible.

9. Different scientists may get different solutions to the same problem. True False

10. True Science can be influenced by the race, gender, nationality, religion, politics or economic interests of the scientist. Different backgrounds may lead, intentionally or unintentionally, to different research hypotheses. Unfortunately, science may also be misused. The peer review system aims at controlling the quality of scientific research and falsifying incorrect hypotheses.

11. Scientific Method “Flowchart” This “steps” of the scientific method are listed in a logical sequence - but in reality science proceeds in a less linear way… Observation Hypothesis Experiment Record Results Analyze Results Conclusion

12. What does the scientific method look like…?