...Julia DeWitt SC250-05: Science for Everyday Life Unit 9 Assignment August 05, 2014 When I hear the word “scientist” there are multiple things that run through my thoughts. I picture someone in a lab coat trying to discover a cure to a disease like cancer or the next plague that comes along. There is this image of dry ice coming out of test tubes and beakers surrounding them. Maybe even a bunch of stressed out yuppie looking guys who had way too much coffee, desperately trying to find the vaccine to stop the zombie apocalypse. I also picture Beaker from the Muppet show. He did a wonderful job forming an image of what a scientist probably was to me as a child. He was insecure and he made a mess. My cousin is a scientist so then there is an image of this very stern but sarcastic guy testing and testing and retesting. That image sounds so boring but I’m grateful there are brilliant minds like him out there. Scientist come in many different forms. They study and discover many different things. Over time there have been many types of scientist and they weren’t all wearing lab coats. Leonardo da Vinci was one I found interesting due to my love of art. He combined art and science in his sketches. He has amazing futuristic designs and even envisioned flight. Sadly he was a chronic procrastinator and had frequent disasters with his experiments of new techniques (Leonadoda-Vinci). Galileo Galilei was an Italian scientist who developed the telescopes and started to observe...
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...I play a piano，when I press a key on the piano, and there will have a white thing to strike the string inside the piano. I made a research online. The white thing is a hammer, and it is connect with the key by a lever. When I press a key, the lever moves so that the hammer strikes a string. I blow up a balloon then rub it on my head in the dark, and I can see the white flash thrilling through. The flash is faster than the sound of static electricity, and has the smell of like electricity. Because friction can creates static electricity with dry hair. It can stick on the wall. I rode a bike and I observed that there is a chain connects with two chain wheels. One is bigger, in the middle of the bike; another is smaller in the center of back wheel. I press the pedal，and than the chain runs, the chain runs with the smaller chain wheel on the back wheel, the chain wheel move the back wheel, final, the whole bike was running. There are 3 colors I saw when I watch the sunset, they are: red, orange, grey, and blue-grey. The color, which the closest to the ground is the color between red and orange. Sunset is lasting for about 1 hour and 45 mints The flower I saw is white, and it is not very big. The flower is as big as my thumb. The stigma is light yellow; the stamen is yellow and white; the pedicel is light...
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...Energy Choice Edgar Munoz Kaplan University SC250 Science for Everyday Life July 28, 2014 Introduction Energy plays a vital role in moving our lives forward. Consuming energy is undoubtedly became the prime factor of sustainability and survivability in the modern world. Energy is one of the most important subject matter that involves our contemporary life style. According to physicist Boyle, scientific description of ‘energy’ is the ability to accomplish tasks which also defined as an individual’s capability to transport an object involving some sort of resistance. This paper talks about common energy usage in our homes everyday lives as well as the resources that the energy is derived from. Renewable and non-renewable energy is also discussed evaluating the impact on the humans and the environment result in increasing the demand for energy. Alternate energy resources will be analyzed in this paper to find the best practice of future energy solutions. Energy usage in our daily life Even though the population of the United States is less than 5% of the entire world, we in America consume a quarter of the world’s energy resources (Energy.gov, 2009). 21% of the nation’s energy usage is accounted for residential consumption where we spend average more than $2000 per year for energy related bills. From 1950 to 2009, American energy consumption practically tripled due to increased population and at the same time the development of standard of...
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...Unit 9: Importance of Science in Everyday Life Jacob Barac Kaplan University SC300- 16: Big Ideas in Science Instructor: Holly Painter October 27, 2012 Importance of Science in everyday Life For all the millenniums that humans have lived on the Earth, the most important aspect of existence has been the application of science in people’s life. Everything that occurs on earth, whether it is technological advancement or domestication of animals and crops is done by using science as the main catalyst or the driving force behind everyday humans’ success. It should not be surprising to anyone to see that science and its application of various methods is central and so essential to all the discoveries that people make around the world. Methodically, science is use as a guide to everything that humans do, and without it, life would be almost impossible to attain because human beings are not like other animals. The physical characteristics that humans have separate them from other known mammals. Therefore, innovative approach by means or through application of science and technology close the gap that exists between other animals and humans. With that being said, science is a machine that makes life easier to all humans on the planet. It is not surprising to witness humans looking for answers and solutions to all sorts of problem. This is so because humans are fond of using science to make discoveries. As normal as the life itself, the fact that light did not come on is not...
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...1. In what ways does your everyday life involve science?? There are many ways of which science is involved in everyday life. Science as a technology, for example, can be found in daily usage of internet and cell phones, computers and or laptops and microwaves. In an economically stable country, many of these technologies are commonly used on a daily basis. Other examples involve science as chemistry by means of cooking using measurements and combinations of ingredients. Science is seen in everyday life using energy, by the use of light, gas functioning utilities, etc. Medically, science is found with the advancement in pharmaceutical drugs, antibiotics and other related medicinal innovations. Even in our daily commute, science is part of our everyday encounter weather by car, bicycle or on foot which is the usage of motion as well as energy. 2. By what criteria might you determine whether a question might be answered using the scientific method? Through conducting an experience one might be able to determine whether a question might be answered using the scientific method. 3. Identify a current piece of legislation relating to science or technology (perhaps an environmental science or energy bill). How did your representatives in Congress vote on this issue? Did they use scientific knowledge or receive wisdom to arrive at their decision? As of recently, drones have been a technology that is talked about in several state and country legislations. Some say that drones are...
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...explanatory pursuits. The interactionism account, proposes that interpretation and explanation inform each other. Novel interpretations employ the categories of theories already in place, whereas novel explanations depend upon the discovery of new theories which, in turn, depends upon the sort of reorganization of knowledge that interpretative pursuits involve. On the interactive view these two processes complement one another. The Exclusivism Account Exclusivism takes two forms, one emphasizing the centrality of explanation, the other the centrality of interpretation. The first group of exclusivists, consisting of behavioral psychologists, sociologists, and others, holds that the only methods for systematic inquiry are the methods of the natural sciences. The second, which focuses on interpretation exclusively holds that all inquiry is ultimately interpretive. For the first group explanation excludes interpretation because human thought and...
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...The Rise Of The Scientific Revolution Sir Isaac Newton once said, “Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth” (“Cambridge University Library - Newton Exhibition”). Truth really matters when it comes to the church telling lies and people believing their whole life. The Scientific Revolution started due to people questioning the church's ways. People did not agree with just believing the way the church said and have no reason to believe. It affected society by allowing more travel and new inventions to start a movement of creation known as the enlightenment. People started to realize the church used them for power and old them lies to get money and they stepped away lowing the power of the church sand starting...
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...Effects of Science and Technology on Society Effects of Science and Technology on Society Science and technology may be partly responsible for many of the problems that face us today. The problems are the advancement of weapons, bombs, biochemical and nuclear weapon, which brought us violence amongst ourselves and others. Another problem is human dependences on technology, such as the internet, computers, cell phones etc. Yet one of the biggest problems is pollution. Three types of pollution that dominate they are water, air and noise pollution. Water is one of the several resources that we need most, many people can survive without food for several weeks but they cannot survive without water for less then a week. According to Water Pollution web site “millions of liters of water are needed every day worldwide for washing, irrigating crops, and cooling industrial processes.” The advancement of science and technology causes much water pollution, such as dumping toxic waste into rivers, ponds, oceans, and even small creeks. For example, many Third World countries that are trying to get their country industrialized lack the funds to dispose of their wastes probably. But instead, they dump their toxic pollutants into surrounding bodies of water. All of the toxins that they dump, can be washed out into the rivers, seas, or oceans can contaminate our water we use everyday to wash our face, hands, clean our dishes, and much more. The air that we breath everyday to keep us...
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...Josh Wagner SC300 Final Project: Randomness and Mutation May 01, 2012 Methods of Mutation After reading the given scenario, its safe to say that everyone’s reaction towards certain situations will be different. The scenario states, that when I arrive home late at night, I walk up to the front door, unlock it, and reach in to turn on the light switch located inside by the front door. The light strangely does not turn on, now what? Its clear that there must be some explanation as is to why the light did not turn on, my first reaction would be to try one more time to see if “it really was the light” and not human error. Using the scientific method, I came up with two different reasons/scenarios as to how and why the light did not turn on in hopes that one will solve the current situation. Trial #1: * Observe: I have observed that the light does not work, since I tried flicking the switch a couple of times. * Hypothesis: Since the light is not working my first thought would be that the light bulb has burnt out. * Experiment: Since the house is dark, I take out my phone in hopes it will shine a path to the next light switch, which is a couple feet away. I switch on that light and observe if it or isn’t working. * Data: Once I have figured out if the other lights are working or not I can come up with my conclusion and collect my data. My data would conclude if the lights in the other part of the house were working or not. * Communicate/Conclusion:...
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...Introduction In today’s world technology has come a long way in helping people: examples of these ways are phones, medical, internet, science, machines, engineering, computers, and social media. Technology has made the world much easier place to live in. Not only has technology made the world easier to live in, it is now much safer and more comfortable than ever. The technology field is always making challenges for us to do as we grow towards more on a everyday basis. Technology has change us many ways too. The question to ask is. Why is Technology is so important us around the world? The phones that we use in our everyday life has become a lot smarter and become more easier to use in our home or we just out and about. We use this technology over a radio link or a wave and by this we move around a wide spread geographic area. There are some variety of service and some examples of these are text messaging, emails, sending pictures, and the last one is the best part of this is having internet access. The smart phones know days come with some software and application on them to use such as some examples of this are GPS navigation, MP4, MP3 playback, and the last one is a video recording. Why would you ask question to yourself is? How come this company’s are making the cell phones smarter for to use is to help us out if a problem that came up in our life such as example having wreck with your car. There are more business getting more smart phone to use in the office and for...
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...Science and technology are probably the most debated topics in society. Scientific and technological developments have been debated as to whether they affect people's life styles and cause hassle. On the contrary, science and technology has improved our way of life for the better of mankind. Medical advancements, computers and simple inventions such as the light bulb are all examples of how science and technology is beneficial. In each of these cases, there are no undesirable changes to people's life styles. If it were not for many, if not all, of these changes in our history, we as an economy and nation would have fallen apart. Looking into the past, we can see all of the beneficial advancements we have made and how far we have come. Scientific and technological developments such as medical research to find a cure for AIDS, modern health care and computers are beneficial in the role of improving people's lives and do not come at the cost of undesirable changes to them. Today with new technology, medical research is being done everyday to help find cures or vaccines for devastating diseases such as Cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's and Leukemia. Being diagnosed with one of these diseases is hard, but growing up with them is even harder. "AIDS was first identified in the USA in 1981. The epidemic has now spread to every part of the USA and to all sectors of society" (Noble). Growing up, I had two siblings who were diagnosed with AIDS. My older sister Katie was unfortunately...
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...The word 'science' is derived from the Latin word 'scientia' which means knowledge. Therefore, science is about gaining knowledge either through observing, studying, experience, or practice. Entire knowledge acquired through science is about discovering truths, finding facts, uncovering phenomenon hidden by the nature. Observations and experimentation, in science, support in describing truth and realities through systematic processes and procedures. For me, science is an intellectual set of activities designed to uncover information about anything related to this world in which we live. The information gathered is organized through scientific methods to form eloquent patterns. In my opinion the primary objective of science is to gather information and to distinguish the order found between facts. What Science Means to Me as an Upcoming Scientist Science exposes several ideas along with significant themes so that I could test them independently and without any bias to arrive at solid conclusion. For this purpose exchange of data and materials is necessary. I am able to generate real and tangible facts supported by reliable evidence. Work of scientist is based on theoretical science. It means, in theoretical science, there is only a sign, just a hint on which discoveries could be made, facts could be found. While studying science I am always working for determining truth, based on my perceptions, judgment, observation, experience, and knowledge collected through several means...
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...teaching science. Then, discuss the implications for teachers. Further, suggest ways teachers can motivate learners to love science. Introduction The name science is derived from the Latin word scienta for knowledge. The nominal form of the verb to know. Science can generally be defined as an integrated subject of accumulated and established information gained by experiments and observation. It is a field of study that is concerned with discovering and describing the natural and physical components of the world we live in. Science is what we live in, it helps us to understand and shape our daily live as we interact with our environment. The question and answer process lies at the heart of knowing and doing science. So as teachers we should create an atmosphere that is open and positive for our pupils when in the science...
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...* What is Earth and Space science? * The study of the universe and its functions. * Types of Earth and Space sciences * Geology - The study of how the Earth’s materials, structures, processes, and organisms have changed over time. Geologists try to understand the history of our planet, by reading the physical structures and processes. Geologists study various forms of Earth formations such as: marine, sedimentology (rocks), pedology (soil), structural, and geomorphology (landforms). Some great examples of geologic studies are: the Grand Canyon and San Andreas Fault. * Meterology - The science in which scientist study the weather. Meteorologists gather and analysis data on the conditions of the atmosphere. Meteorologists study weather phenomena such as Tornados, Hurricanes, Tsunami, Blizzards, Thunder and Lighting Storms. They use tools such as satellite imagery, weather balloons (twice a day, everyday one is released), radars, hygrometer (measures humidity), barometer (measures atmospheric pressure), and an anemometer (measures wind speed). * Oceanography - Study of the Earth’s oceans and seas. Some types of oceanography include: marine geology (plate tectonics and study of the ocean floor), physical oceanography (physical attributes of the ocean), meteorologic oceanography (the atmosphere and the ocean interact). * Hydrology - the study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water throughout the Earth. Hydrologists are currently...
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...Pure Logic vs. Scientific Logic “Reasoning is an art, and reasoning about the natural world is the art that lies at the base of science” (Castel and Sismondo 55). Pure logic is “a form of reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity” (Oxford Dictionaries). In contrast, scientific logic is a form of reasoning in which a logical thought process is used to conduct experiments and research in order to reach a valid conclusion. Altogether, pure and scientific logic are different forms of reasoning used to solve everyday problems in life; yet, it is ‘scientific logic’ that is more prevalent in solving everyday problems, including critical interpretations of major problems on earth. Scientific logic is the best choice to cope with life problems in the midst of global issues; it helps facilitate our logical expertise in daily matters; it is both predictable and reliable; and on a greater scale, scientific logic helps us deal with the widespread problems on earth. With the growth of science and new emerging technologies, life is becoming more complicated, therefore relying purely on logic is insufficient. “Most of the time very little follows logically from what we know, and when we think that it does we learn that most of our knowledge consists of generalizations that don’t hold 100 percent of the time” (Castel and Sismondo 71). People live in a world of probability and because “scientific reasoning develops over time,” (Castel and Sismondo 74) they...
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