What is science and how does it work

Law

has no explanation, repeated observations, formulas, specific, uses math

Is this statement true? Hypothesis= Prediction?

No

Theory

broad, lots of experiments that come to a similar conclusion, inclusive

Benefits and Outcomes

build on scientific knowledge not a part of scientific method technological and other innovations-benefit scientific breakthroughs potential applications

science is

circular, a collective effort, iterative

Exploration and Discovery

communication of ideas with other scientists, make observations to form a hypothesis to test

A hypothesis

dont have a lot of evidence to back up, reason and informed guess, descriptive

A prediction

expected observations in a particular experiment

Testing ideas

heart of process of science scientists are openminded and tentative

Common Misconceptions

hypotheses are just guesses theories are just hunches if evidence supports a hypothesis it is upgraded to a theory. If a theory gathers more support it is upgraded to a law

Structure of scientific arguments

hypothesis say what you expect, something you want to test compare results to hypothesis ( supports or doesnt support)

Culture of Science

ideas are subjected to scrutiny honesty and integrity Attribution- give credit where credit is due ethics

Community and Analysis Feedback

ignored by scientific method, insures accuracy of scientific info, makes science self-correcting

5 parts of scientific method

observe, question, experiment, evaluate, draw conclusions

why is scientific method a myth

oversimplified, science is not linear

Fact

something that cant be proven wrong

4 continuing steps of scientific process

testing ideas explanation and discovery benefits and outcomes community analysis and feedback