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Scientific Attitudes andBenildean Core Values

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John Dalton He is best known for his

pioneering work in thedevelopment of modernatomic theory

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Aristotle

Father of Biology

Classified plants andanimals into twokingdom schemes.

Regarded life as a

hierarchy.

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Mark Zuckerberg an American

computerprogrammer and

Internetentrepreneur.

He is best known forcreating the social

networking siteFacebook, of whichhe is chief executiveand president

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Barry Commoner One of Commoner's lasting legacies is his

four laws of ecology, as written in TheClosing Circle in 1971. The four laws are:

1. Everything is Connected to EverythingElse. There is one ecosphere for all livingorganisms and what affects one, affects all.

2. Everything Must Go Somewhere. There is

no "waste" in nature and there is no awayto which things can be thrown.

3. Nature Knows Best. Humankind hasfashioned technology to improve uponnature, but such change in a natural systemis, says Commoner, likely to be detrimentalto that system.

4. There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch.Exploitation of nature will inevitably involvethe conversion of resources from useful touseless forms(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Commoner)

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Scientific traits or attitudes Creativity

Curiosity

Critical outlook Open-mindedness

Thoroughness

Keen powers of observation

Patience

Perseverance

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Scientific methodThe way in which scientists solve a

scientific problem

refers to a body of techniques forinvestigating phenomena, acquiringnew knowledge, or correcting and

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Steps in Solving a Problem

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Defining the Problem Make an observation

(using the senses) direct observation orindirectionobservation

Asking HOW andWHY questions

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Collecting background information Information from

books, periodicals andinternet

Interview scientists(expert in a particularfield)

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Formulating HypothesisA proposed answer to

the question

An intellectual guessor hutch

A statement that canbe tested

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Testing the Hypothesis Conducting an experiment Two variables

Independentvariable/condition that is

CHANGEDDependent variable/condition -that responds to theindependent variable

Two groupsExperimental group - exposed

to independent variableControl group - not exposed tochanges in the independent andused as a standard ofcomparison

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Drawing conclusions This is the answer to the

scientific question based onDATA

It also answers thehypothesis

When a hypothesis explainshow an event occurs, itbecomes a SCIENTIFIC

LAW OR PRINCIPLE. When it explains WHY

events occur it becomes aTHEORY.