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How science works

Grade Level(s):

  • 6-8
  • 9-12

Source:

  • OceanLeadership

Resource type:

  • Science Story
  • video

Discipline:

  • Earth science

Time: 10 minutes

Overview

This video uses the Understanding Science flowchart to describe how a team of scientists investigates climate change throughout Earth's history with ocean sediment cores.

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  • [What is science?: Grades 6-8] Scientific knowledge is open to question and revision as new ideas surface and new evidence is discovered. (P6, NOS3)
  • [What is science?: Grades 6-8] Science is ongoing; answering one scientific question frequently leads to additional questions to be investigated. (P1)
  • [What is science?: Grades 9-12] Scientists strive to test their ideas with evidence from the natural world; a hallmark of science is exposing ideas to testing. (P3, P4, P6, P7, NOS2)
  • [What is science?: Grades 9-12] Scientific knowledge is open to question and revision as new ideas surface and new evidence is discovered. (P4, P6, NOS3)
  • [What is science?: Grades 9-12] Science is ongoing; answering one scientific question frequently leads to additional questions to be investigated. (P1)
  • [How science works: Grades 6-8] The process of science involves observation, exploration, testing, communication, and application.
  • [How science works: Grades 6-8] The real process of science is complex, iterative, and can take many different paths.
  • [How science works: Grades 9-12] The real process of science is complex, iterative, and can take many different paths.
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