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=MODULE 1.1= =I. Topic Title:= =Nature of Science and Science Processes= =II. Topic Description:= This lesson describes how science investigates the natural world through the scientific methods. =III. Terminal Objectives:= = = =IV. Content Presentation= = = //For you to understand what makes science different from other discipline, click the pictures. The questions that follow will guide you in your understanding of the nature of science, its methods and processes//
 * 1) Describe how science is different from other discipline
 * 2) Apply the scientific method in investigating scientific inquiry
 * 3) Compare the stages in the research process with the general steps used in the scientific methods
 * NATURE OF SCIENCE** [[image:mimage009.gif width="71" height="49" link="http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/nature"]]


 * What is science? What are the three basic scientific questions? What makes science different from non-science?

Scientific Method //Where do the flies at the butcher shop really come from? Does rotting meat turn into or produce the flies? How would you answer this question? What made you ask the question in the first place? What is your tentative answer to this question? How would you support your answer?//=**

STAGES IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS What are the general steps common between scientific method and the research process? Do you think the research process follows the scientific method? Do you consider the research process as a scientific investigation? = = =V. Activities:=

Look at the world at the eyes of great scientists of the past. Click [|Proposing the Theory of Biological Evolution: Historical Perspective]Join the fossil hunt. Click //[|The Great Fossil Find]// =VI. References:= Nature of Science. http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/nature/index.shtml. Retrieved on March 17, 2007 Nature of Science.[|http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/nature]. Retrieved on March 17, 2007. Science and the Scientific Method.http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookintro.html#Science%20and%20the%20scientific%20meth Stages in the Research Process. http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Education/EDF600/Mod3/sld002.htm Retrieved March 24, 2007 The Scientific method. http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Education/EDF600/Mod3/index.htm Retrieved March 24, 2007 The Scientific Method. http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Courses/bio104/sci_meth.htm. Retrieved March 24, 2007

=VII. Assessment:= = = Click [|Quick Quiz]. =VIII. Disclaimer and Copyright Notice= This work is licensed under a [|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License]

=IX. Topic Writer:= Rhoda Santillan Tayag, rhodasantillantayag@gmail.com.

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