1.1 How science works – Explanations, argumentation and decisions
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click1.1a2 Scientific thinking: challenge and collaboration in the development of explanations |
| recognise why it is important to collect data to answer questions | recognise that science cannot yet explain everything through the identification of a question that scientists are working to answer |
| recognise that evidence can support or refute scientific ideas | recognise that scientific research and applications are subject to laws and regulations |
| recognise the uncertainty of science by describing historical examples that show the provisional nature of scientific proof and that not all scientific ideas were based on evidence | describe the difference between scientific evidence and opinion and the problems with this |
| recognise that scientists don’t work in isolation and that they share their findings through reports, publications and conferences | describe an example where individual bias has influenced the conclusion drawn from evidence, e.g. Newton claimed his results were accurate to 0.1%; John Dalton selected evidence to back up his law of multiple proportions |
| recognise that not all scientists hold the same view and the implications of this | |
