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Science as a Way of Knowing Mr. H. Clark Bethpage H.S.
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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
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What is Science? Science is a process. The “Scientific Method” Disprovability Assumptions of Science The nature of Scientific Proof
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Measurements and Uncertainty Faith in numbers Measurements are limited How do scientists reduce measurement uncertainties Accuracy Precision
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Observations, Facts, Inferences, and Hypotheses Observations Facts Inferences
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Observations, Facts, Inferences, and Hypotheses Hypotheses Independent variable or manipulated variable Dependent variable or responding variable Null Hypothesis
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Observations, Facts, Inferences, and Hypotheses Operational definitions Data Explanations Models Theories Scientific Law
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Misconceptions about Science Theory Science versus technology Objectivity in science Pseudoscience Frontier science
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Environmental Questions and the Scientific Method Experimental controls in environmental science Alternates to direct experimentation Utilizing a catastrophe as an experiment
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Science’s role in Society Decision making is a political process Scientific literacy Science in the media
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