SECTION 1.1

Section 1.2

Exploration and Discovery: Where Ideas Come From

Inspirations may come from attitudes, practical problems, and new technology.

Scientific Attitudes Curiosity, skepticism, open-mindedness, and creativity help scientists generate new ideas.

Curiosity- “Who? What? When? Where? Why?”

Skepticism- To question existing ideas and hypothesis.

Open-mindedness- Accept different ideas

Creativity- Design experiments that yield accurate data.

Practical Problems Scientific investigations

are important for real-world problems, such as ecological and commercial issues.

It’s a balance that tilts in different directions based on the location/situation. Which is more important to you – To better our ecology or economy?

The Role of Technology Technology, science,

and society are closely linked.

New Scientific Discovery

New Technologies

Affects our daily lives

Communicating Results: Reviewing and Sharing Ideas

Communication and sharing of ideas are vital to science

Peer Review- Scientists share their findings with other scientists. They publish their ideas to other scientific communities.

Publishing peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals allow researchers to share ideas and to test and evaluate each others work.

Scientific Theories Evidence from scientific

studies may support several related hypotheses in a way that inspires researchers to propose a scientific theory that ties those hypotheses together.

Theory- Applies to a well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range or observations and hypotheses and that enables scientists to make accurate predictions about new situations.

Science and Society Scientific information provides

a lot of answers, but science cant always do it alone.

Sometimes science needs the help of the society, economy, laws and moral principles.

Science involves understanding its context and its limitations.

Science, Ethics, and Morality

When science explains something, it only pertains to natural phenomenon. Not ethical or moral viewpoints.

Pure science does not involve moral or ethical viewpoints.

Avoiding Bias

Bias- Particular preference or point of view that is personal, not scientific.

Ex: Taste, preferences, standards, etc.

Science aims to be objective, but scientists are human.

Scientists with biases may not be in public interest.

Understanding and Using Science Science will change as long

as humans wonder “What’s out there?”

If you think like a scientist, you will understand the process in biology and other forms of science.

Understanding biology that as humans we can predict consequences of our actions and take active roles in your and our futures.