Final Evaluation of Cubes Prepare a Written Report on the Cube Develop by Your Peers The Report Should Include Title The Question They Pursued Observation-Data Experiment-New Data Proposed Answer and Supporting Evidence A Diagram of the Bottom of Cube Suggested Additional Material

Nature of Science Nature of Science Boxes Question Phenomena Try Experiment to explain phenomena Build Models to try to explain scientific phenomena

Nature of Science Pursuit of scientific explanations Improves or develops explanations for observations in our natural world Comes from Human Curiosity Uses Scientific Inquiry to answer questions

Scientific Inquiry What do Scientists Do Look at Door

Scientific Knowledge Continuously Changes Two Ways it can do this New Explanations Developed Old Explanations are Modified

Final Thought Science CANNOT ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS Examples Meaning of Life Ethics Theology Science DOESN’T TRY TO EXPLAIN THESE

Some Useful Terms Hypothesis Control Independent Variable Law Theory