Quick Write

Write the Question on page 22 and Answer the following in the left side of your Interactive Journal on page 21

What role does science play in the study of life?

5 minutes

• Honor time limits

• Actively participate

• Listen respectfully to your colleagues

• Place cell phones on vibrate or silent

mode• Participants may write burning questions

on a sticky note and place on the parking lot

• BE PRESENT

Class Norms

Burning Issues

Questions

Comments

Ideas to Share

Parking Lot

Common Board ConfigurationDATE: August 17, 2014

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How can you tell the difference between science and non-science?

Objectives:

Differentiate between phenomena that are scientific and things that are not.

Explain the criteria for categorizing phenomena as science (Consistent, Observable, Natural, Predictable, Testable, and Tentative).

Home Learning:

Read pages 4-6 Chapter 1.1: The Study of Life: Students will identify 3 things they already knew, 2 things they learned and 1 thing they have question about

Bring in your interactive journals to the next class

Agenda Introduction to what is science? (Think-Pair-Share)

Interactive Journal Quick Setup

Walk through CONPTT

Complete CONPTT Worksheet

Science Article (Jigsaw)

Exit Ticket

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

How can you tell the difference between science and non-science?

What is Science?

Science Defined

Science is limited to studying only the problems of the natural world that can be understood by using the processes of science◦Scientists must be able to use their senses to

observe and evaluate◦Assumes that the universe is orderly,

reasonable, and testable◦Theories are subject to change and does not

have all the answers or solutions

“CONPTT”

How can we tell Science from Non-Science?

◦Using 6 criteria we will be able to recognize the difference between Science and Non-Science

Consistency (paste ½ sheet on Right Side)

The results of repeated observations and/or experiments concerning a naturally occurring event are reasonably the same

Consistency (write on left side)

Reality Check #1 – Which one is not a scientific statement?

Green plants will grow towards a light source

Walking under a ladder will cause bad luck

Observability

The event under study can be observed and explained. Observations are limited to the basic human senses.

Observability

Reality Check #2 – Which of the following is a scientific statement?

Some plants eat meat Extraterrestrial beings have visited the Earth

Natural

A natural cause must be used to explain why or how the naturally occurring event happens. Scientists cannot use supernatural explanations as to why or how naturally occurring events happen

Reference to the supernatural is outside the realm of science

Natural

Reality Check #3 – Which of the following is a scientific statement?

Green Plants convert sunlight into energy

With a rod, Moses parted the sea so his people could cross to the other side

Predictability

The natural cause of the naturally occurring event can be used to make specific predictions

Predictability

Reality Check #4 – Which of the following is not a scientific statement?

Without sunlight (or comparable artificial light), green plants will die

If you are a “Scorpio”, your horoscope for today is “You’ll be saying ‘I feel rich!’ Lunar position highlights a refund from an accounting error”

Testability

The natural cause of the naturally occurring event must be testable through the processes of science

References to the supernatural events or causes are not relevant tests

Testability

Reality Check #5 – Which of the following is a scientific statement?

The Bermuda Triangle causes ships and planes to sink and disappear

Life comes from life and cannot come from non-life

Tentativeness

Scientific theories are subject to revision and correction, even to the point of the theory being proven wrong.

Scientific theories will be continue to be modified to consistently explain observations of naturally occurring events

Tentativeness

Reality Check #6 – Which of the following is and which one is not a scientific statement?

1 – The number of human chromosomes was once known to be 48, but is now considered to be 46

2 – Living things were once grouped into 2 major groups, then 3, then 4, and now 5, because the criteria used for classifying living things has changed

3 – We know that the world began about 6000 years ago, and nothing will change that

4 – At one time, it was thought the heart pumped blood out of a large container as an “open system”, but now it is known that blood “circulates” in a closed system

“Emerging Science” (write on right side)

Also known as “Protoscience” may be defined as “near science”

It conforms to most of the CONPTT criteria, but typically falls short in 1-2 criteria

Limited by current knowledge or technology

Example: mental telepathy (information transmitted from one brain to another)

“Non-Science”

An area of knowledge which does not meet the criteria of science (CONPTT)

Topics areas may be very logical and based on good reasoning, but simply do not fall within the realm of science

Examples: personal opinions, religious beliefs

“False Science”

Also known as “pseudoscience”It can be portrayed and advertised as

legitimate science by its followers and supporters

Phenomena conflict with known physical laws

Example: astrology, fortune-telling

Class Assignment (worksheet)

Is it Science? Is it a Scientific Statement?◦During the review we looked at one criterion at

a time, but all 6 criteria must be used to determine if a statement is scientific.

Take 1 statement from class or come up with one on your own and apply all 6 CONPTT criteria to determine if it is a scientific statement.◦Use the worksheet provided

Exit Questions

Write the Questions and Answers into the left side of your Interactive Journal

1- How can you tell the difference between science and non-science?

2 – Why is there uncertainty in science?

5 minutes

At Home Learning

Read Article from Biozine titled “When Knowledge and Ethics collide”◦See my website for link or go to

www.biologybiozine.com and search for title

Answer one of the “Questions to Consider”◦Defend your position◦Answer in at least 4 sentences