What do scientists do?

Lisa Randall (Harvard theoretical physicist)

​Key Concept: Relationships

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Related Concept: Evidence

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Global Context: Identities and relationships​

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​To be a scientist means to gather evidence about similarities and differences in nature to understand how things are related.

1. ​Critical-thinking skills

2. Creative-thinking skills

3. Collaboration skills

4. Media and information literacy skills​

Apparatus

Control

Experiment

Laboratory

Prediction​

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​Jocelyn Bell Burnell (astronomer)

Key Words:

​We will reflect on this learner profile attribute...

​Inquirers - we will be inquiring into the work of scientists and formulating our own questions for scientific inquiry.

In this chapter, we will...

• Find out what scientists do, the way they ask questions, and how we can start to be scientists.

• Explore the working environment of scientists.

• Take action to help others think scientifically about media information.​