Branches of Science Web-quest

What is science?

How many different branches of science are there?

What is the difference between a scientific fact, law and theory?

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What is “Science”?

What is science? Where did the word come from, and what does it mean?

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Branches of Science

Science is broken down into categories, or branches. There are many different branches of science, some you know – some you probably never heard of! Want to take a look?

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Branches of Science

Here are some odd branches… have fun looking around!

Take note of the ones that you think are really “out there” and record them on your paper!

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Scientific Fact, Law & Theory

A Scientific Fact is different than a Scientific Theory.

A Scientific Law is different than both!

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Scientific Fact, Law & Theory

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So what's the difference?

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Scientific Law: statements that describe, predict, and perhaps explain why, a range of events behave or happen as they appear to in nature. A law is a solid and formal statement, generated from repeated experiment.A law is a statement of fact meant to explain, in brief terms, an action or set of actions. It is generally accepted to be true and universal- laws are accepted at face value based upon the fact that they have always been observed to be true. Laws can sometimes be expressed in terms of a single mathematical equation.

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Some scientific laws, or laws of nature, include the law of gravity, the law of thermodynamics, and Hook’s law of elasticity.

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