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Nature of
Science
Review
Game
Alexander : Macedonia :: Hannibal
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Rome
Jerusalem
Babylon
Carthage
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Samurai : Japan :: Knight :
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England
United States
France
Jamaica
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What is the central theme of
science?
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Discovery
Testing ideas
Forming theories
Gaining
knowledge
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Which is not a step of the scientific
method?
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Test hypothesis
Identify a problem
Form hypothesis
Proving theories
Publish/Peer review
Draw Conclusions
Analyze data
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Scientific Method Flowchart
Problem/
Question
Form
Hypothesis
Test
Hypothesis
Publish/
Peer Review
Draw
Conclusions
Analyze
Data
Example 1
What do I
want to eat?
Think about
what I want.
Look at what
I want.
Enjoy.
Make what
you want.
Example 2
I’m hungry.
What should I eat
for lunch today?
Pizza will
be good.
I eat the pizza.
Pizza was not good.
I will get something
I know I like next time.
The pizza was
gross.
Which of the previous slides is a good
example of the scientific method?
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2.
3.
4.
Example 1
Example 2
Both
Neither
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Example 1
What do I
want to eat?
Think about
what I want.
Look at what
I want.
Enjoy.
Make what
you want.
Example 2
I’m hungry.
What should I eat
for lunch today?
Pizza will
be good.
I eat the pizza.
Pizza was not good.
I will get something
I know I like next time.
The pizza was
gross.
The scientific method must be
followed exactly.
1. True
2. False
3. Not enough
information
4. None of the above
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A hypothesis…
1. Is an idea you can
test.
2. Must be falsifiable.
3. Is a tentative
explanation.
4. Is based on prior
knowledge and
reasoning.
5. All of the above
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Participant Scores
500
Nicholas Miller
300
Bryan Hough
500
400
400
400
Jeremiah Hall
Ethan Diefenbach
Sarah Menna
Kristen Bell
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300
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300
Sierra Stone
John Carl Elnitski
Daniel Tanney
Benjamin Putnam
400
400
400
Ryan Kimble
Emily Houser
Aleesha Dillon
200
Zoey Tressler
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400
Abigail Young
Jonathan Weaver
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What percentage of your current points
would you like to wager on the next
question?
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25%
50%
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100%
Which of these is a valid hypothesis?
• Statement 1
– The Loch Ness Monster is real, but he hides
any time we try to find him.
• Statement 2
– The Loch Ness Monster breathes air and
must come to the surface to get oxygen to
survive.
Which of the previous statements is
a valid hypothesis?
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2.
3.
4.
Statement 1
Statement 2
Both
Neither
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• Statement 1
– The Loch Ness Monster is real, but he hides
any time we try to find him.
• Statement 2
– The Loch Ness Monster breathes air and
must come to the surface to get oxygen to
survive.
Law or Theory:
Which of these is a theory?
• Statement 1
– Heavy objects that are dropped fall to the
ground.
• Statement 2
– The property of mass gives an object gravity
to attract other objects to itself.
Which statement is a theory?
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2.
3.
4.
Statement 1
Statement 2
Both
Neither
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• Statement 1
– Heavy objects that are dropped fall to the
ground.
• Statement 2
– The property of mass gives an object gravity
to attract other objects to itself.
Law or Theory:
Which of these is a theory?
• Statement 1
– All life arose from a common ancestor through
natural selection and mutation.
• Statement 2
– The fittest animals survive passing on their
genetic traits.
Which statement is a theory?
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2.
3.
4.
Statement 1
Statement 2
Both
Neither
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• Statement 1
– All life arose from a common ancestor through
natural selection and mutation.
• Statement 2
– The fittest animals survive passing on their
genetic traits.
Participant Scores
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Jeremiah Hall
100
Bryan Hough
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1000
1000
Jonathan Weaver
Aleesha Dillon
Sarah Menna
Ethan Diefenbach
100
100
100
0
Kristen Bell
Abigail Young
John Carl Elnitski
Daniel Tanney
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500
200
Benjamin Putnam
Sierra Stone
Ryan Kimble
0
Nicholas Miller
200
200
Zoey Tressler
Emily Houser
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What percentage of your current points
would you like to wager on the next
question?
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25%
50%
75%
100%
Law or Theory:
Which of these is a law?
• Statement 1
– Elevated CO2 emissions have caused global
warming.
• Statement 2
– Average temperatures around the globe have
increased.
• Statement 3
– Heat flows from hot to cold.
Which statement is a law?
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Statement 1
Statement 2
Statement 3
Statements 1 & 2
Statements 1 & 3
Statements 2 & 3
All of the above
None of the above
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• Statement 1
– Elevated CO2 emissions have caused global
warming.
• Statement 2
– Average temperatures around the globe have
increased.
• Statement 3
– Heat flows from hot to cold.
Analysis of data from experiment
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Variable 1
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Variable 2
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Which statement is true about
variable 1 and variable 2?
1. V1 caused V2 to
go up.
2. V2 caused V1 to
go up.
3. V1 is correlated
with V2.
4. V1 and V2 are
unrelated.
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Analysis of data from experiment
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Variable 1
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Variable 2
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Why are controlled experiments so
useful?
1. They show
causation.
2. They prove scientific
facts.
3. They test all the
variables in a single
experiment.
4. They control
everything.
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What percentage of your current points
would you like to wager on the next
question?
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What is the #1 reason why
scientists use models?
1. To scale something up
or down
2. To better explain and
understand something
3. To better control
variables
4. To prove a hypothesis
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Participant Scores
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Jeremiah Hall
300
Ethan Diefenbach
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2700
1500
1131.25
Benjamin Putnam
Sierra Stone
Emily Houser
Jonathan Weaver
300
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Abigail Young
Nicholas Miller
Aleesha Dillon
Zoey Tressler
900
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John Carl Elnitski
Sarah Menna
Bryan Hough
0
Daniel Tanney
500
400
Ryan Kimble
Kristen Bell