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Principles of Science
6. For every effect there is a cause
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7. The inter- relationship of scientific concepts underpins everyday events
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8. Absolute and relative scales provide us with a way of relating variables
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9. The way organisms or environments look relates to their what they do
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10. Science principles can be applied to create innovative and ingenious solutions
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Starting out
There are many different reasons for why things constantly change
There is always a reason for why things change
Science underpins
all the events that happen in our world
Usually more than one thing is influencing us at a time
We can compare events and objects using relative scales
We can measure almost everything
Different organisms
have different properties
There are reasons why we do not make fabric cars, why things almost always fall, and why mice do not chase lions
Scientific ideas have often been turned into helpful technologies
All new things come from scientific thinking
Building confidence
The experiences we have each day are different because ‘things’ are always changing
We can usually work out a reason why things change
Only some of the complexity of the world we observe and experience can be explained
Our world is complex but some of it can be explained
We can measure what we experience using special tools
We can use special devices to measure almost everything
Good observations allow us to predict possible activities of organisms
By making careful observations we can predict what may happen in the future
Scientific ideas can be used to make new solutions so our lives are easier and more enjoyable
Scientific ideas help make our lives easier and enjoyable
Connecting
There may be more than one reason for something changing
Sometimes many things may cause something to change
All that we observe and experience depends on many variables
We can identify some of the variables that cause changes in what we sense
When we measure anything in science we use a range standard metric units
Each variable that we measure has a scale and a unit associated with it
Different properties or characteristics of organisms have different purposes
By looking at living things we can tell what they might eat, where they live and if we should be scared
When there is change, there are needs and opportunities
Science often initiates changes in our society
Understanding deeply
We can discover what the reasons are for why something changes
By experimenting we can discover the reasons behind why something changes
Experiments test
and measure the
effects of variables on each other
Experiments provide us with relationships between variables
Some variables are not absolute but we can use comparisons to measure them
Some variables cannot be measured exactly such as our feelings or how much we like bananas
The relationships in an environment is dependent on the species that exist in that environment
The features of an animal tell us what they do and how well they might do those things
We can apply the Learning Process to find innovative applications to meet needs and opportunities Sometimes we apply the Learning process on purpose to invent things and sometimes it happens accidently
Predicting with confidence
Change throughout the universe creates new opportunities
Change always results in new needs and opportunities
Mathematics allows us to quantify relationships between variables
We can measure and record the effect of variables on each other
Relationships between variables can be calculated if we use the correct tools and units of measurement
Using relationships between variables means we can predict outcomes more exactly
How organisms evolve depends on the environmental pressures they experience
Changing environments ensure that organisms are constantly changing /evolving
Ingenuity allows innovative ideas to be turned into products, systems environments or media Almost all new technologies we use were invented via the application of scientific discoveries
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