1.1 How science works – Explanations, argumentation and decisions
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click1.1a3 Scientific thinking: developing argument |
| select appropriate pieces of scientific information to answer a question or back an argument | recognise other people’s views, questioning or modifying their own views in the light of scientific evidence |
| use personal experience or non-scientific evidence to support an argument | distinguish between scientific data and opinion when supporting an argument or its counterclaim |
| acknowledge the rights of scientists to hold different viewpoints about science | recognise the need to take account of the weight of different sources of scientific evidence |
| select appropriate pieces of scientific information to back an argument or its counterclaim
| describe how scientists gather evidence for their ideas and experiments to support or disprove theories and build on the work of earlier scientists |
| locate, sort and classify appropriate scientific information from a range of sources | |
| recognise that scientists gather evidence for their ideas and experiments to support or disprove theories | |
