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What’s Your Conclusion?. - This is when you decide if your hypothesis was proven or disproven and why. A CONCLUSION will often lead to another question, which will lead to another experiment, which can lead to another conclusion, and on and on.
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What’s Your Conclusion? - This is when you decide if your hypothesis was proven or disproven and why. A CONCLUSION will often lead to another question, which will lead to another experiment, which can lead to another conclusion, and on and on. Science is like a giant puzzle, and each new scientific fact is a piece of the puzzle. Scientists share their results with other scientists in papers, magazine articles, lectures, displays, etc. This was the pieces of the puzzle can be “checked out” and tested by other scientists.
Scientific Theory • An EXPLANATION of things or events based on scientific knowledge that is the result of many observations and experiments. Example: The Big Bang Theory http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=E061549A-41A4-4748-A7B7-A1E7DA38EC8C&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=DSC
Scientific Law • A SCIENTIFIC LAW is a statement about how things work in nature that seems to be true all of the time. • Laws tell us what WILL happen under certain conditions, but do not always explain WHY. Example: Gravity http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=49506876-5CA1-49B2-9FE7-C3F3533B0D76&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=DSC
Hypothesis, Theory, and LawDoes toast always fall buttered side down?What is the hypothesis?Theory?Law?http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=32D5D810-6EFA-4642-910A-52B49E1634D5&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=DSC