What is Science?
Facts about Science, What are Scientists, Different Discoveries and more Mysteries, Read a Text about Science and leave a comment of a Question that I will answer in the next Power point about all Different Science
2. WHAT IS SCIENCE?
A STUDY OF THE WORLD AROUND US,
FROM THE SMALLEST THINGS ON
EARTH, TO THE VASTNESS OF OUTER
SPACE! YOU CAN DISCOVER ANYTHING
WITH ANY RANDOM QUESTION
2
3. WHAT ARE SCIENTISTS?
THEY ASK A QUESTION OR HAVE A
THOUGHT ABOUT THE WORLD…
AND THEN TRY TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION, THEY THEN HOPEFULLY
MAKE A NEW DISCOVERY.
3
4. HOW DO WE DISCOVER NEW THINGS?
BY ASKING A QUESTION AND
DOING DISCOVERIES ABOUT THE
QUESTION, THEY KEEP
EXPERIMENTING UNTIL THEY
ANSWER THE QUESTION
4
5. WHAT IS THE WORLD MADE OF?
ALL KINDS OF STUFF, HARD
STUFF, SOFT STUFF, WATER,
MINERALS AND MORE.
AND STUFF IS MADE UP OF TINY
BUILDING BLOCKS, KNOWN AS
ATOMS AND MOLUCUES
5
6. WHAT ARE THESE?
THERE CALLED TEST TUBES.
THEY USED FOR TESTING OUT IDEAS.
SCIENTISTS DO TEST CALLED
EXPERIMENTS. SOME WORK IN
ROOMS CALLED LABORTORIES, OR
LABS FOR SHORT.
6
8. CAN WE WALK ON CUSTARD!
WELL, YES! WE CAN WALK ON CUSTARD! SCIENTISTS
FILLED UP A POOL WITH CUSTARD AND WALKED BACK
AND FORTH TO DISCOVER.
SCIENTISTS DID NOT FALL. WELL IF YOU WERE VERY
SLOW, THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FALL. BUT IF YOU
WRE WALKING FAST AROUND THEN YOU WON’T BE ABLE
TO DROWN/FALL!
8
9. IS THE SKY REALLY BLUE?
NO, THE SKY INS’T BLUE, BUT IT’S REGULARLY BLUE TO
US. THE SUNLIGHT IS MADE FROM ALL THE COLOURS OF
THE RAINBOW, BUT BLUE SHINES THE MOST, MAKING
THE SKY BLUE.
BLUE LIGHT IS REFLECTED MOST BY THE AIR, SO SEE
THE SKY AS BLUE, OFTENLY.
9
10. CAN I HOLD A BUBBLE?
YOU CAN HOLD A BUBBLE. BUT YOU CAN’T HOLD A BUBBLE
WITH BARE HANDS. THE OIL AND DIRT ON YOUR SKIN MAKES
THE BUBBLE POP. IT’S MUCH EASIER TO CATCH A BUBBLE
USING A GLOVE BY WEARING IT, IF IT HAS NO OIL OR DIRT.
YOU CAN ALSO HOLD A BUBBLE BY
PUTTING SOAPY WATER ON YOUR HAND.
10
11. DO SCIENTISTS REALLY WERE
WHITE COATS?
SCIENTIST DO WEAR WHITE LAB COATS SOME TIMES, BUT NOT
ALL THE TIME, HERE ARE 3 REASONS:
1. THEY STOP DIRT FROM OUTSIDE COME INTO THE LAB
2. TO KEEP THEIR OWN CLOTHES CLEAN
3. TO STOP HARMFUL CHEMICALS FROM GETTING OUT OF THE LAB
11
12. ARE MUSHROOMS PLANTS?
NO, MUSHROOMS ARE A TYPE OF FUNGUS THAT GROWS
ON TREES AND OTHER PLANTS.
PLANTS CAN MAKE ARRANGE THEIR OWN FOODS, BUT
FUNGUSES CAN’T. FUNGUSES FEED ON PLANTS AND ANIMALS.
MUSHROOMS ARE SIMILAR TO FUNGUS,
BUT THEY ARE STILL RELATED.
12