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Standard 6: Scientific Ways of Knowing

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A.  Explain how scientific evidence is used to develop and revise scientific predictions, ideas or theories.

1.   Give examples that show how science is a social endeavor in which scientists share their knowledge with the expectation that it will be challenged continuously by the scientific community and others.

2.   Evaluate scientific investigations by reviewing current scientific knowledge and the experimental procedures used, examining the evidence, identifying faulty reasoning, pointing out statements that go beyond the evidence and suggesting alternative explanations for the same observations.

 3.  Select a scientific model, concept or theory and explain how it has been revised over time based on new knowledge, perceptions or technology.

4.   Analyze a set of data to derive a principle and then apply that principle to a similar-phenomenon (e.g., predator-prey relationships, properties of semiconductors).

5.   Describe how individuals and teams contribute to science and engineering at different levels of complexity (e.g., an individual may conduct basic field studies, hundreds of people may work together on major scientific questions or technical problem).

 

B.   Explain how ethical considerations shape scientific endeavors.

6.   Explain that scientists may develop and apply ethical tests to evaluate the consequences of their research when appropriate.

 

C.  Explain how societal issues and considerations affect the progress of science and technology.

7.   Describe the current and historical contributions of diverse people and cultures to science and technology and the scarcity and inaccessibility of information on some of these contributions.

8.   Recognize that individuals and society must decide on proposals involving new research and the introduction of new technologies into society. Decisions involve assessment of alternatives, risks, costs and benefits and consideration of who benefits and who suffers, who pays and gains, and what the risks are and who bears them.

9.   Recognize the appropriateness and value of basic questions “What can happen?” “What are the odds” and “How do scientists and engineers know what will happen?”

10. Recognize that social issue and challenges can affect progress in science and technology. (e.g., Funding priorities for specific health problems serve as examples of ways that social issues influence science and technology.

11. Research how advances in scientific knowledge have impacted society on a local, national or global level.

 

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