Unit: Science & Technology

Lesson #2: Thinking Like a Scientist

Essential Questions:What attitudes help you think `

scientifically?

What is scientific reasoning?

Scientific Attitudes

1.) A state of mind Attitude

2.) Scientists want to learn more about the Curiositytopics they study

3.) Scientists report their observations and Honestyresults truthfully

4.) Scientists come up with inventive ways to Creativitysolve problems

What might a scientist be curious to know about this frog?

5.) Scientists accept new ideas Open-minded

6.) Scientists have an attitude of doubt Skepticism

7.) Rules that enable people to know right Ethicsfrom wrong

Why is it important for scientists to test medicine before it is sold?

8.) When a person’s likes and dislikes Personal biasinfluence what they observe

9.) When a person’s culture influences Cultural biaswhat they observe

10.) A mistake in the design of an Experimental biasexperiment that makes a particularresult more likely

11.) A logical way of thinking based Scientific reasoningon gathering and evaluating evidence

12.) When you make decisions and draw ObjectiveConclusions based on evidence

13.) When personal feelings have entered Subjective into a decision or conclusion

14.) A way to explain things by starting Deductive reasoning with a general idea and then applying the idea to a specific observation

Classes end when the bell rings.

The bell rang so class is over.

General idea

Observation

15.) Using specific observations to Inductive reasoning make generalizations

Observation

General idea

Turtles have shells.

Turtles use shells for protection.

16.) Reasoning that has errors Faulty reasoningand can lead to faulty conclusions

Both a square and a rectangle have four sides. Therefore they have the same lines of symmetry?

Is this correct?