Unit: Science & Technology Lesson #2: Thinking Like a Scientist Essential Questions: What attitudes help you think ` scientifically? What is scientific reasoning?

Scientific Attitudes

1.) A state of mind Attitude 2.) Scientists want to learn more about the Curiosity topics they study 3.) Scientists report their observations and Honesty results truthfully 4.) Scientists come up with inventive ways to Creativity solve problems What might a scientist be curious to know about this frog?

5.) Scientists accept new ideasOpen-minded 6.) Scientists have an attitude of doubtSkepticism 7.) Rules that enable people to know right Ethics from wrong Why is it important for scientists to test medicine before it is sold?

8.) When a person’s likes and dislikesPersonal bias influence what they observe 9.) When a person’s culture influences Cultural bias what they observe 10.) A mistake in the design of an Experimental bias experiment that makes a particular result more likely

11.) A logical way of thinking based Scientific reasoning on gathering and evaluating evidence 12.) When you make decisions and drawObjective Conclusions based on evidence 13.) When personal feelings have entered Subjective into a decision or conclusion

14.) A way to explain things by startingDeductive reasoning with a general idea and then applying the idea to a specific observation Classes end when the bell rings. The bell rang so class is over. General idea Observation 15.) Using specific observations toInductive reasoning make generalizations Observation General idea Turtles have shells. Turtles use shells for protection.

16.) Reasoning that has errorsFaulty reasoning and can lead to faulty conclusions Both a square and a rectangle have four sides. Therefore they have the same lines of symmetry? Is this correct?