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Principles of Science
1. Science has its own language and this underpins science understanding
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2. Scientific debate is essential as science issues impact everyone
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3. Science is about hypothesising and testing models of understanding
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4. The scientific Learning Process relies on ‘fair testing’ with a clear methodology and process
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5. Developing innovative solutions can result in new applications of science (ingenuity)
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Starting out
We experience different scientific events each day
We experience science everywhere; everyday!
People can have different opinions about why things happen in our world
We learn about science ideas by wondering and being curious
People have different opinions about why things happen
We may have ideas about science, but we must test them
New scientific ideas are tested in different ways
We can test our ideas and concepts to see if they are correct
New scientific breakthroughs allow us to invent new things
Many things we use every day rely on scientific ideas
Building confidence Scientific language needs to be precise to communicate effectively
We require a specific vocabulary to communicate about science accurately
Scientific debates
allow each person to present different ideas and concepts for what they observe
There are different opinions about many scientific ideas and theories
Scientific models help us test and understand what we observe
As a scientist, I need to test different ideas to see which explanation is best
Scientists use different experiments to find cause and effect relationships
Scientists do experiments to see how certain things affect other things
Ingenious new solutions to problems always rely on scientific understanding
Science breakthroughs often allow new inventions to be created
Connecting
Our scientific language grows as we look at different aspects of science Building a science vocabulary allows us to describe our science experiences accurately
Debate involves different views about what is important
By collaborating with others, we ask more questions and learn to be more critical
A hypothesis needs testing and the results need interpretation
We test new ideas using experiments and then use the results to come up with new models
To ensure a test is fair, a good experiment has only one independent variable
Fair testing allows us to work out how one things changing affects other things
We can use physical principles to predict how objects interact with each other
Understanding means we can predict behaviour in controlled situations
Understanding deeply
The language of science allows us to understand and communicate our understanding Developing a scientific language enables us to understand our world more accurately
Scientific debate allows us to hear different points of view and assess each viewpoint
Debating science concepts allows us to develop better understanding
Scientific models are always changing as new models are proposed
We need to test each hypothesis to see if our predictions seem correct
In experiments one variable is changed to see if other variables change in a predictable way
If an experiment is going to be fair, we must only change one variable at a time
The Learning Process us to carry out experiments to find new applications to solve problems Applying the Learning Process in science allows us to solve problems and find new products, systems, environments and media
Predicting with confidence We communicate science understanding using different tools
We use many different tools to enable everyone to understand scientific ideas
Scientific debate initiates cognitive dissonance and forces us to justify our opinion
When we question our understanding, we reflect and improve our understanding
We make a hypothesis and then test it to see how accurate it is
We test a hypothesis in many ways to make it more accurate
Scientific experiments require us to test one variable while all other variables are kept constant
Fair testing requires us to identify the dependent and independent variables
Innovation results from combining scientific knowledge, ideas and concepts in unique ways
The creative application of scientific knowledge and concepts can lead to innovation