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nature of science

Key Concepts:

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scientific knowledge is tentative, dynamic and subject to change
scientist disproved the general belief, showing that scientific knowledge will change when there is new evidence evolved;

older scientist's work only provided some understanding about a biological concept and younger scientist's results helped develop further science knowledge
interpretation of observation is guided by our prior theories and concepts
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doing science requires creativity and imagination
scientist used innovation and imagination to design their experiments
science is based on/ derived from evidence/ observations of the natural world
scientists used the results from their experiment to develop their understanding of a biological concept
science is socially and culturally embedded
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scientists only do experiment on subject when necessary and ethically sound
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scientists are both collaborative and competitive in nature
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the work of science is based on results of other scientists
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science is a process of ongoing inquiries
xxx experiment has led to the inquires about xxx
scientists have to be open-minded
scientists who conducted xxx experiment should have been skeptical and have looked for evidence from different sources to challenge current ideas
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