The document discusses several topics related to science: 1. It describes how scientific questions are answered through processes like making observations, forming hypotheses, conducting experiments to test predictions, and analyzing data. 2. It discusses the history of science, noting that prior to about 200 years ago "science" did not exist and natural philosophy was practiced instead. 3. Key figures like Aristotle, Galileo, and Newton are mentioned for their contributions to the foundations of physics and correcting prior understandings of motion.

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2. How are scientific questions answered?

3. When can you use scientific thinking?

4.  Insert a Title Page.
 Describe the activity.
 Describe what you learned.
 Relate how the activity compared to other
experiences you’ve had in other science classes.

5. Where physics was, is, and is going…

6.  “Scientists” have only been around for about
200 years.
 Prior to that, it was all philosophy.
 Philosophy
 Lover of wisdom
 Seeker of knowledge
 Natural Philosophy
 “seek knowledge” about “nature”!!!
 Foundation for what became known as physics

7.  Aristotle
 Greek Philosopher (Natural Philosopher)
 Laid out foundation for Physics
 Was ALMOST right
 Studied for almost 2,000 years!!!
 Galileo
 Introduced friction
 Corrected much of Aristotle’s teachings
 Newton
 Explained WHY things move the way they do…

8.  What were some of the major
differences between how Aristotle
(philosopher) understood the world
around him, versus Galileo
(scientist)?

9. Letter to the editor!
Imagine you are a philosopher
in the time when Galileo
started presenting his ideas
that contradicted Aristotle’s
ideas on motion. How would you
respond?
Use the modern idea of
editorial pages in a newspaper
to write your response.

46. From the jungle to the classroom…

47.  What steps were taken while making the scientific
discovery during the “Jungle Village” exercise?
 Does this look familiar?
 These are the steps of the Scientific Method
 Recognize a problem (Observe)
 Make an educated guess (Hypothesis)
 Predict the outcome of your hypothesis (Predict)
 Test your prediction (Experiment)
 Formulate a general rule based on your data (Analyze)
 (Repeat)
 It is a natural way to discover things in the world!

48.  Describe some of the ways scientists make
discoveries?
 trial and error
 experimentation without guessing
 good old-fashioned accidents.
 Alexander Fleming didn't clean up his workstation before going on
vacation one day in 1928. When he came back, Fleming noticed that
there was a strange fungus on some of his cultures. Even stranger
was that bacteria didn't seem to thrive near those cultures.
 Other things like the pacemaker, plastic and Coke were all
discovered by accident!

49. There are some important science terms
that information can be classified by.
 Fact
a close agreement by competent observers who make a
series of observations of the same phenomenon
 Law or principle
hypothesis has been tested and retested over and over
and not contradicted
 Theory
synthesis of a large body of information that
encompasses well tested and verified hypotheses about
the natural world; theories are not fixed but go through
change and evolve as they go through stages of
redefinition and refinement

50.  Italian physicist Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642) and
English philosopher Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626) share
credit for discovering the scientific method.
 All scientific discoveries must be repeatable to gain
credit in the scientific community.
 A hypothesis must be testable in order to be
considered scientific.
 Even if it is tested to be wrong, it must still be able to be tested.
 Opinions don’t count either b/c they rely on an individuals
point of view; not everyone has the same opinion.
 Einstein said, “No number of experiments can prove
me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.”

51. Precise, but not accurate.
Neither precise nor accurate. Both accurate and precise.

52. … of the darts below are accurate?
How many are precise?

53.  What is the difference between science and
technology?
 Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity points out that
a large amount of energy could be released from a
small amount of matter, E = mc2. (Science)
 The atomic bomb demonstrated this equation all too
well. (Technology)
 Simply stated, if science is the knowledge,
technology is how that knowledge is used.

54.  Bananas are a good source of potassium
(fact or opinion?)
 Bananas are delicious
(fact or opinion?)
 Potassium helps reduce cramps
(fact or opinion?)
 Bananas feel weird when eaten
(fact or opinion?)

55.  How are science and religion different?
 Science is the search for understanding and discovery of the
world.
 Religion is the search for purpose and meaning in that world.
 Put simply, Science is based on facts, Religion is based on faith.
 Historically, science has been driven by the need to
worship a religion.
 The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
 Religious buildings (cathedrals, synagogues, temples,
mosques)… need science to be build.

56. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
honors the Greek Goddess of
hunting and wild nature
The Great Pyramid of Giza, a
tomb to begin Egyptian
Pharaoh Khufu’s journey to the
afterlife.
The Statue of Zeus at
Olympia, carved by Pheidias
as a monument to the Greek
Father of the Gods.
The Colossus of Rhodes, a
statue of the Sun-God,
Helios to celebrate unity.

57.  How can math be used to understand science?
 analyze data,
 equations,
 graphs, etc.

59. Choose
something to
graph
(temperature,
speed, weight,
etc)
Write a story
about this
graph

60.  Measurements
 Metric Conversions
 Standard Conversions

61. How are scientific questions answered?