This document discusses key characteristics of science such as objectivity, accuracy, verifiability, ethical neutrality, systematic exploration, reliability, precision, predictability, and abstractness. It provides definitions and explanations of these concepts. For example, it states that objectivity means scientific claims should not be influenced by biases or interests. Verifiability means providing evidence to support statements being true. Ethical neutrality implies research is free of bias. Precision refers to the accuracy and repeatability of measurements. The document also contains examples applying these scientific concepts.

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10. Characteristics of Science
Objectivity Accuracy
Verifiability Abstractness
Ethical neutrality
Systematic exploration
Reliability
Precision
predictability

11. Objectivity vs. Subjectivity
It expresses the idea that scientific
claims, methods, results—and scientists
themselves—are not, or should not be,
influenced by particular perspectives,
value judgments, community bias or
personal interests, to name a few
relevant factors.

14. Verifiability
• To verify a statement is to provide
evidence, generally of an empirical
or observational kind, for believing
it to be true.
• it helps prevent the publishing of
inaccurate and misleading
information.

16. Ethical Neutrality
In research, the term neutrality implies
that an inquiry is free of bias or is
separated from the researcher's
perspectives, background, position, or
conditioning circumstances. When a
researcher or the research is said to be
neutral, the inquiry is also implied to be
trustworthy and legitimate.

17. Science and technology can be
put to good or bad uses by
good or bad people;

18. Precision
- marked by or adapted for
accuracy and exactness.
Precision is the degree to which
an instrument or process will
repeat the same value.

20. Accuracy
Accuracy is the degree of
closeness to true value.

22. Predictability
• Predictability is the degree to which a
correct prediction or forecast of a
system's state can be made either
qualitatively or quantitatively.
• Predictability of the first kind is
associated with information present in
the initial conditions.

25. Abstractness
• Abstract is from a Latin word meaning
"pulled away, detached," and the basic
idea is of something detached from
physical, or concrete, reality. It is
frequently used of ideas, meaning that
they don't have a clear applicability to
real life, and of art, meaning that it
doesn't pictorially represent reality.

26. As scientists we deal with abstract concepts all
the time – for example, the structure of the
atom, the particle nature of cells and chemical
reactions. These are all things the students
can't actually see, so they need to be able to
visualise them if they are going to genuinely
understand them.

27. Systematic exploration
- is the applied practice and study of field
research using a variety of methods,
technologies, and approaches to drive
question-based scientific endeavors.

32. Why the plant without water
dries up,
while the plant with water
and sunlight grows?

38. If plants are watered
then it will not wilt and it will grow.

43. ASSIGNMENT:
Write your answer in your lecture
notebook.
1. Explain why is it important to use
scientific method in solving problems?
2. Cite an example of scenarios where
scientific method can be applied.

44. Three branches of Science
SCIENCE
PHYSICAL
SCIENCE
EARTH
SCIENCE
LIFE
SCIENCE
BIOLOGY
ASTRONOMY
GEOLOGY
CHEMISTRY PHYSICS

45. Thank you and
God bless us all!!