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WHAT IS SCIENCE?. Interest Grabber. Brainstorm and discuss your answers with the class. Key question: What are the goals of science?. Is an organized method. SCIENCE: ________________ _____________________ ______________________ _________________ _________________.
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WHAT IS SCIENCE? Interest Grabber Brainstorm and discuss your answers with the class. Key question: What are the goals of science?
Is an organized method SCIENCE: • ________________ • _____________________ • ______________________ • _________________ • _________________ Uses evidence to explain events Collects and organizes information Deals only with natural world Looks for patterns & connections Image from: http://www.erschools.org/Teachers/henderson/webquest/images/scientist.jpg
propose explanations Scientists: _______________ that can be _______ by ___________________ TESTED examining evidence http://www.darvill.clara.net/enforcemot/graphics/newton.gif
not “just facts” “WAY OF OBSERVING, THINKING, KNOWING…” Science is ______________but a __________________ ____________________
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.Carl Sagan
Because of new tools, techniques, & discoveries, our understanding of Science is ALWAYS CHANGING. http://www.npr.org/prorams/fa/features/2005/04/flat_200.jpgg http://atmos.pknu.ac.kr/~swimm/wall/1024/EARTH.JPG
AIDS Renewable fuels Global warming Stem Cell Research Alternative energy Our understanding of science is _________ in _______ intelligent ________ about a wide variety of _______ that affect our lives. Endangered species Bird flu Cancer Pollution Cloning Nuclear power essential making decisions issues