Activity Set #2: What is science? What is reality? Is science reality? => How is our use of the word "reality" ambiguous?
Submitted by jsaylor on Sun, 11/26/2006 - 7:23am.
Small group whiteboarding task w/ student led discussion circle:
•What is science? What is reality? Is science reality?
experience
evidence
reality
philosophy
truth
theory
law
prediction
"universal law of gravity"
universal
"preponderance of the evidence"
Think/Pair/Share
•If everyone may experience the color blue or the size of the room in a different way does that mean that there are multiple realities or one reality on which we all have a different perspective and experience differently?
sense experience
dream/hallucination
hologram
reflection
image
night sky (stars we see are no longer there)
inner/outer reality
Think/Pair/Share
•How is the meaning of the word "reality" ambiguous in such a way that different people with the same understanding could answer the above question in opposite ways and appear to disagree?
ambiguity
words and symbols
represent
establishing/negotiating meaning
collaborative authoring
Wikipedia/Wikidictionary
consensus*
Think/Pair/Share
•What is the difference between a scientific theory and a hypothesis?
scientific theory
hypothesis
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