1. Physics Lesson 1 A Scientific World View Eleanor Roosevelt High School Chin-Sung Lin

2. DoNow: Determine what’s inside the bottle If the current technology cannot open the bottle, how can you find out what’s inside? Discuss it with your partner and write down 3 innovative ways

3. Physics – A Scientific World View  What is Science?  Role of Physics – The Basic Science  Goal of Physics – A World View  Scientific Method & Process  Scientific Attitude  Criteria of Physics Models & Laws  Science, Technology and Society

4. What is Science?

5. Physics – A Scientific World View What is Science?  Discover and study nature’s rules

6. Physics – A Scientific World View What is Science?  A body of knowledge  The method to produce it Body of Knowledge Methods

7. Role of Physics

8. Physics – A Scientific World View The Basic Science – Physics  Science grew out of natural philosophy

9. Physics – A Scientific World View The Basic Science – Physics  Branches into life & physical sciences Life SciencePhysical Science Biology Zoology Botany Physics Chemistry Geology Science

10. Physics – A Scientific World View The Basic Science – Physics  Physics is the most basic of all the sciences Particles, atoms, energy, forces, …… Molecules, reactions, equilibrium,…… Physics Chemistry Biology Genes, cells, organs, growth,……

11. Goal of Physics

12. Physics – A Scientific World View The Goal of Studying Physics  To create a scientific world view

13. Physics – A Scientific World View The Goal of Studying Physics World view – A shared set of ideas that explain how the material world operates

14. Physics – A Scientific World View The Goal of Studying Physics Scientific world view vs. Common sense – sometimes the ideas might appear to be contrary to common sense Scientific World View Common Sense

15. Physics – A Scientific World View The Goal of Studying Physics Scientists use instruments to extend the range of human sensations

16. Scientific Method

17. Physics – A Scientific World View Scientific Method  Galileo Galilei & Francis Bacon are the principal founders of the scientific method

18. Physics – A Scientific World View Scientific Method

19. Physics – A Scientific World View Scientific Method Observe Recognize a problemDevelop a HypothesisPredict ConsequencesFormulate RulesRefine the HypothesisPublish Results Develop Experiments

20. Physics – A Scientific World View Scientific Method  Effective in gaining, organizing & applying new knowledge  The method is only a guideline to a good scientific practice

21. Physics – A Scientific World View Scientific Method  Einstein’s view of scientific processes Idea/Axiom Consequences Creative Leap The Real World

22. Physics – A Scientific World View Scientific Method  Einstein’s view of scientific processes ☛ A scientist makes a creative leap based on intuition to explain physical phenomena ☛ A powerful idea/axiom has many consequences ☛ The scientific process begins when the scientist develops consequences based on the idea/axiom ☛ Test these consequences against the real world

23. Scientific Attitude

24. Physics – A Scientific World View Scientific Attitude  Fact – A close agreement by competent observers who make a series of observations of the same phenomenon Fact

25. Physics – A Scientific World View  Hypothesis – An educated guess that is only presumed to be factual until demonstrated by experiment Scientific hypotheses must be testable Hypothesis Scientific Attitude

26. Physics – A Scientific World View  Laws or Principles – Hypotheses being tested repeatedly and not contradicted Law/Principle Scientific Attitude

27. Physics – A Scientific World View  Theory – A synthesis of a large body of information that includes well-tested hypotheses about certain aspect of the natural world Theory Scientific Attitude

28. Physics – A Scientific World View  Concept – An intellectual framework that is part of a theory encompasses the overriding idea that underlines various phenomena Concept Scientific Attitude

29. Physics – A Scientific World View  Not appealing to authority, personal preferences, popularity or selecting partial facts STOP Scientific Attitude

30. Physics – A Scientific World View  Hypotheses being tested repeatedly and not contradicted Law/Principle Scientific Attitude Review

31. Physics – A Scientific World View  An educated guess that is only presumed to be factual until demonstrated by experiment Hypothesis Scientific Attitude Review

32. Physics – A Scientific World View  An intellectual framework that is part of a theory encompasses the overriding idea that underlines various phenomena Concept Scientific Attitude Review

33. Physics – A Scientific World View  A synthesis of a large body of information that includes well-tested hypotheses about certain aspect of the natural world Theory Scientific Attitude Review

34. Physics – A Scientific World View Scientific Attitude Review  A close agreement by competent observers who make a series of observations of the same phenomenon Fact

35. Criteria of Physics Ideas & Laws

36. Physics – A Scientific World View Scientific Method  Criteria of good scientific ideas ☛ As general as possible ☛ As simple as possible

37. Physics – A Scientific World View Scientific Method  Criteria of a physics law ☛ Account for the known data ☛ Make Testable predictions ☛ Have a scientific basis

38. Science, Technology & Society

39. Physics – A Scientific World View Science, Technology & Society  Science vs. Technology – Targets Questions about Nature Problems of the World

40. Physics – A Scientific World View Science, Technology & Society  Science vs. Technology – Goals Answer Theoretical QuestionsSolve Practical Problems

41. Physics – A Scientific World View Science, Technology & Society  Science vs. Technology – Methods Find RelationshipsDevelop Tools & Procedures

42. Physics – A Scientific World View Science, Technology & Society  Science vs. Technology – Results Scientific TheoriesEngineering Solutions

43. Summary – A Scientific World View  What is Science?  Role of Physics – The Basic Science  Goal of Physics – A World View  Scientific Method & Process  Scientific Attitude  Criteria of Physics Models & Laws  Science, Technology and Society

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