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Understanding Science 101
Start at the What is Science page of Understanding Science 101.
1. Science is described as FIVE different things on the first page. List those 5 parts:
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Discovery: The spark for science
2. According to the Everyday Science Questions section, what are the three questions that you may have probably
posed yourself?
3. Some of the words are hyperlinked definitions. Copy and paste the definition of EVIDENCE from this page.
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A Science Checklist
4. What is the first question you need to ask when looking at whether or not something is considered scientific?
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Science aims to explain and understand
5. What is the difference between science and technology?
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Science works with testable ideas
6. How does “being able to test an idea” relate to the “supernatural” world? According to the article, is it possible to
try to understand the supernatural with science?
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Science Relies on Evidence
7. The
,
or rejection of a scientific idea depends upon the evidence relevant to it — not upon
, or
.
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Science is embedded in the scientific community
8. [Find the sentence and fill in the blanks]. In addition, much scientific research is
different
bringing their specialized
to bear on different aspects of the
.
9. Explain in your own words, what the sentence in question #8 means.
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Scientific ideas lead to ongoing research
10. What is the definition of observation?
11. What does “anomalous” mean?
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Participants in science behave scientifically
12. List the five steps of “the scientist’s code of conduct”.
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Beyond physics, chemistry, and biology
13. Explain why Tolman’s animal psychology experiments are considered science.
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Science in disguise
14. Why do the authors of the website say that Intelligent Design is not science?
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Science has limits: A few things that science does not do
15. There are four things that science cannot do. After each of them, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, briefly explain why
science cannot do each of these tasks.
 Science doesn't make moral judgments
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 Science doesn't make aesthetic judgments
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 Science doesn't tell you how to use scientific knowledge
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 Science doesn't draw conclusions about supernatural explanations
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Science in sum
What does science specifically help us to know or understand?
FINAL REVIEW
EXPLAIN, in your own words, 3-5 main ideas that were presented in this webquest.