1. Science as a Way of Knowing Mr. H. Clark Bethpage H.S.

2. Key Concepts What is Science? Measurements and Uncertainty Observations, Facts, Inferences, and Hypotheses Misconceptions about Science Environmental Questions and the Scientific Method Science’s role in Society

3. What is Science? Science is a process. The “Scientific Method” Disprovability Assumptions of Science The nature of Scientific Proof

5. Measurements and Uncertainty Faith in numbers Measurements are limited How do scientists reduce measurement uncertainties Accuracy Precision

6. Observations, Facts, Inferences, and Hypotheses Observations Facts Inferences

7. Observations, Facts, Inferences, and Hypotheses Hypotheses Independent variable or manipulated variable Dependent variable or responding variable Null Hypothesis

8. Observations, Facts, Inferences, and Hypotheses Operational definitions Data Explanations Models Theories Scientific Law

9. Misconceptions about Science Theory Science versus technology Objectivity in science Pseudoscience Frontier science

10. Environmental Questions and the Scientific Method Experimental controls in environmental science Alternates to direct experimentation Utilizing a catastrophe as an experiment

11. Science’s role in Society Decision making is a political process Scientific literacy Science in the media