2. WHAT IS SCIENCE?
Some definitions.
“Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning „knowledge‟
or „knowing‟) is the effort to discover, and increase
human understanding of how the physical world works.”
(from Wikipedia)
“Any system of knowledge that is concerned with the
physical world and its phenomena and that entails
unbiased observations and systematic experimentation.”
(from Encyclopaedia Britannica)
5. WHAT IS SCIENCE?
“Science is the knowledge gained from using
observations and experiments to describe and
explain the world around us.”
6. WHAT IS SCIENCE?
How does Science differ from other fields of study?
“Science is the knowledge gained from using
observations and experiments to describe and
explain the world around us.”
7. WHAT IS SCIENCE?
How does Science differ from other fields of study?
“Science is the knowledge gained from using
observations and experiments to describe and
explain the world around us.”
8. WHAT IS SCIENCE?
All scientists observe things, try to explain their
observations and then conduct experiments to test
their ideas.
This process is known as the
scientific method.
9. WHAT IS SCIENCE?
Scientific method.
A way to solve a problem.
Make an
observation
Develop an
idea about
why it
happens
Modify
ideas if
predictions
were wrong
Observe
what
actually
happens
Think of
experiments
to test the
ideas
Predict what
will happen in
the
experiments
12. WHAT DID YOU OBSERVE?
1.
2.
3.
What was the time?
What was the date?
Describe the person at the front of the queue:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Was it a man or woman?
Was he or she tall or short?
Was he or she fat or thin?
What was he or she doing with their hands?
(Source: Science Quest 1 Student Workbook)
26. WHAT IS NOT SCIENCE?
Studies that are not based on the scientific method (yet
are claimed to be scientific) are called pseudoscience.
i.e. they make claims that are not testable.
Pseudoscience is often seen in advertising.