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• What is science?
• Hypothesis?
• The batteries are dead.
HYPOTHESIS
Input from various sources
used to make a testable
statement
EXPERIMENTS CONCLUSIONS
The hypothesis is tested by The results are analyzed
experiments and/or and hypothesis is either
further observations supported or rejected
SCIENTIFIC THEORY
Back to Science Central Many exper. & observations support it
The Scientific Method
• Hypothesis : A tentative assumption
(an educated guess) to explain something
and to test it.
Theory:
A hypothesis that has survived
many tests (and competing
hypotheses have been disproven).
Law:A theory that has been tested
extensively and, based on lots of
evidence, and no data has been
found in disagreement. Back to Science Central
Science is always a work in
progress …
• Science evolves and is ever changing;
science is a process…
• http://www.docstoc.com/docs/29486106/
Introduction-to-science