PPT-Scientific Information Skills

Bad Graphs Bad graphs a graph should pictorially display data in a sensible and meaningful way many graphs in the public domain fail this two reasons why this happens poor design intentionally deceiving. What is research?. We ask questions all the time. Research is a formal way of going about asking questions. Ways of acquiring knowledge. Uses methodologies. Many different kinds (e.g. market research, media research and social research). The case of biomedical sciences. Juliana E. . Raffaghelli. Sara Valla. . Stefania . Cucchiara. Alessandra Giglio. Donatella Persico. . Institute. for Educational Technologies. National . Research. David Beck. What . is . the scientific revolution?. Term first used in the 1930s by . Alexandre. . Koyré. Butterfield (1957): “it outshines everything since the rise of Christianity and reduces the Renaissance and Reformation to the rank of mere episodes…”. J. Blackmon. Stating Scientific Realism. Common-sense Realism Naturalized. We inhabit a common reality, which has a structure that exists independently of what people think and say about it, except insofar as reality is comprised of thoughts, theories, and other symbols, and except insofar as reality is dependent on thoughts, theories, and other symbols in ways that might be uncovered by science.. Wynne Harlen. OECD Skills Strategy. “In the context of the OECD Skills Strategy, the concepts of ‘skill’ and ‘competence’ are used interchangeably. By skill (or competence) we mean: the bundle of knowledge, attributes and capacities that enables an individual to successfully and consistently perform an activity or task, whether broadly or narrowly conceived, and can be built upon and extended through learning.”. Question:. All scientific investigations begin with:. Forming a hypothesis. Conducting an experiment. Asking a question or observing a problem. Forming a conclusion. Answer: . c) Asking a question or observing a problem. Science and Other Models. Magic, Science and Religion. Fall . 2012. . Was there a “Scientific Revolution”?. Term coined 1939 by Alexander . Koyre. (French). First occurred in book title in 1954 (A. R. Hall). Leena . Järveläinen. Turku University . Library. 26.3.2014. This. . presentation. in . short. Why. . publish. . research. ?. What. and . where. to . publish. ?. What. . about. University of Turku?. Entry Task: . Did you live or die in yesterday’s simulation. ?. What tests did you see in yesterday’s simulation?. . Did the trial seem fair? Why or why not?. Did you feel like it mattered what you said or did to try to change the outcome? Why or why not? . Multiplying Numbers in Scientific Notation. Multiply the decimal numbers together.. Add the exponents to get the power of 10. . General formula. : . . (N X 10. x. ) (M X 10. y. ) = (N) (M) X 10. Punch-out Catalog. Introduction. These reference materials show specifically how to use the Fisher Scientific punch-out catalog to purchase laboratory supplies within the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) system.. Starter Activity. Answer these questions:. Name a famous scientist. Name a scientific journal or magazine. What was the most recent scientific discovery / development you heard about?. What is your very favourite scientific topic? (what are you a geek about?!). Hypothesis, Theory, and law . How science really works. Objective. : Students will be able to explain what a scientific law and theory are and give examples of each.. Essential Question:. What are the differences between a scientific law and theory?. Problem.  A question that you want to test. Must be in the form of a question.. Research.  Gathering information on the question. Hypothesis. Prediction of the outcome of the problem and is based on research..