Activity 4

Below is a video in which an inquiry based science activity is demonstrated for those students who may have missed our in class activity.

The Nature of Science

Welcome, 6th graders!  

Today we are going to begin thinking about the nature of science.  Before we begin class today, we are going to start thinking about what science actually is.  Think about the following question for a couple of minutes and then you will need to respond to that question in a comment on this blog.  You will have about 5 minutes to complete this task.

• What is science?  What do you know about it and what it does?  What can science do?  What kinds of things can't it do?

Don't worry if you don't know very much yet, just type any ideas you may have about the questions above.  Be sure to remember to click 'publish' so that your comment is saved!  This is very important because we will be going back to our comments a little later in today's lesson!

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Now that we have talked about science in class and what exactly it is, I'd like you to find your original comment below and reply to it by posting another comment.  

For this we are going to revisit the previous questions you answered earlier in the day, but this time you will have the chance to revise your answers now that we know a little more about the nature of science.  

In this comment, I am looking for some thoughtful revisions based on what we have learned in class.  If your first comment was close to what we talked about today, then I would like you to address why, as well as add some additional comments about what you have learned about science today.  Our original questions are posted again below here.  Good luck!

• What is science?  What do you know about it and what it does?  What can science do?  What kinds of things can't it do?