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What is science?

Come up with a list of words that have to do with science.

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SCIENCE AND THE INQUIRY PROCESS

What is Science?

Share what you wrote for the catalyst with your partner.

As a pair, Create a definition for science Come up with 4 words define scienceBe ready to share!

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Science is a Process

Scientists ask questions about how the world works

We discover pieces of the answer

What we know CHANGES

Science is a Process

Science is a process of constantly improving our

understanding of the world around us.

This means that our ideas change and develop.

Many ideas that were once believed

to be true have since been changed.

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Science is a Process-scientists ask questions about the world-science helps us understand the world around us-constantly changing

Science & The Inquiry Process 8/14/08

What is Science? Write your answer here

Science is a Process-scientists ask questions about the world-science helps us understand the world around us-constantly changing

How is science a process?

It was once believed that the earth is

flat.

And that the sun revolves around

the Earth.

Eight Planet Solar System

Last year, it was announced that Pluto is no longer

considered a planet. Pluto is only about twice the size of its largest moon (Charon).

National Geographic

Technology is constantly getting better and

faster, which improves our methods for

scientific discovery.

Today, scientists working all over the globe are

able to share information with the

click of a button.

1867: the modern typewriter

1844: the telegraph

1876: the telephone

1944: Harvard Mark I

Linked adding machines and calculators

1966: the fax machine

1983: first cell phone network in the U.S.

1994: the internet

Improving technology also gives scientists newer and stronger

tools to investigate their questions.

An early microscope

Looking at blood cells

Light Microscope

Scanning Electron Microscope

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Catalyst Answer to catalyst

What is Science? Write your answer here

Science is a Process-scientists ask questions about the world-science helps us understand the world around us-constantly changing

How is science a process?

Technology is improving-allow us to ask and try to answer new questions

Why is new technology

important in science?

WHY DO WE STUDY SCIENCE?

HOW DO WE STUDY SCIENCE?

Science

Through controlled methods, science uses observable

evidence of natural phenomena to collect data, and analyzes

this information to explain what and how things work.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

Scientific Inquiry

Way for scientists to answer all those questions about the world

Way to investigate an observable event and getting new knowledge, as well as for correcting and integrating previous knowledge

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What is scientific Inquiry?

Process scientists use to try to answer

- Way to investigate how the world workquestions about the world

Scientific Inquiry

Make an Observation

Ask a questionConstruct a Hypothesis

Test the HypothesisAnalyze the DataDraw a Conclusion

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What is scientific Inquiry?

Process scientists use to try to answer

- Way to investigate how the world workquestions about the world

Steps of Inquiry ObservationQuestionCreate hypothesisTest hypothesisAnalyzeDraw conclusions

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