Post on 05-Jan-2016
Unit: Science & Technology
Lesson #2: Thinking Like a Scientist
Essential Questions:What attitudes help you think `
scientifically?
What is scientific reasoning?
Scientific Attitudes
1.) A state of mind Attitude
2.) Scientists want to learn more about the Curiositytopics they study
3.) Scientists report their observations and Honestyresults truthfully
4.) Scientists come up with inventive ways to Creativitysolve problems
What might a scientist be curious to know about this frog?
5.) Scientists accept new ideas Open-minded
6.) Scientists have an attitude of doubt Skepticism
7.) Rules that enable people to know right Ethicsfrom wrong
Why is it important for scientists to test medicine before it is sold?
8.) When a person’s likes and dislikes Personal biasinfluence what they observe
9.) When a person’s culture influences Cultural biaswhat they observe
10.) A mistake in the design of an Experimental biasexperiment that makes a particularresult more likely
11.) A logical way of thinking based Scientific reasoningon gathering and evaluating evidence
12.) When you make decisions and draw ObjectiveConclusions based on evidence
13.) When personal feelings have entered Subjective into a decision or conclusion
14.) A way to explain things by starting Deductive reasoning with a general idea and then applying the idea to a specific observation
Classes end when the bell rings.
The bell rang so class is over.
General idea
Observation
15.) Using specific observations to Inductive reasoning make generalizations
Observation
General idea
Turtles have shells.
Turtles use shells for protection.
16.) Reasoning that has errors Faulty reasoningand can lead to faulty conclusions
Both a square and a rectangle have four sides. Therefore they have the same lines of symmetry?
Is this correct?