Science Meets Real Life
Whether you think of yourself as an up and coming scientist
or not, you use science every day. You will explore how you apply different aspects
of science in your daily life in a two part project. In 1,500-words (minimum),
discuss the following:
PART I: SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Each and every day, we are faced with having to make
split-second decisions, and the need to solve random problems that we
encounter. To reach those decisions and work those problems out you are subconsciously
using the scientific method. Apply the five steps of the Scientific Method to
two situations that could occur in your everyday life. Use the scientific
method in the first scenario provided below to solve the problem at hand.
Please come up with a second detailed scenario on your own and follow the same
steps in the scientific method to find a resolution.
Scenario 1: You arrive home late at night. You walk up to
the front door, unlock it, and reach in to turn on the light switch located just
inside the front door. The light does not come on! Now what?
Scenario 2: Develop your own detailed problem/observation
and apply the scientific method to solve.
PART II: WHY I CANNOT LIVE WITH/WITHOUT SCIENCE
As you have seen throughout this course, science is
intricately interwoven with our lives: in the food we eat, in the clothes we wear,
in the computers we use for this course, science has had a hand in them all.
Answer the following questions:
Describe a typical day in your life from the time you wake
up, until the time you go to bed. Describe how science impacts you and your
routine throughout the day.
How has science improved your quality of life and why?
Are there any negative impacts that science has had? What
are they and why?
Do you believe that you could survive without science? Why
or why not?
How has this course impacted the way you view science?
Your final project should be a minimum of 1,500-words
written in APA style format.
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