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Qualitative Observations
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Descriptive observation (that car is red)
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Quantitative Observations
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Numerical (that car has four wheels)
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Science
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System of knowledge and the methods you use to find that knowledge
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Technology
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Use of knowledge to solve practical problems
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Physics
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Study of matter and energy and interactions between the through forces and motion
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Chemistry
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Study of properties of matter
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Earth Science
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Using physics and chemistry to study the earth
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Life Science
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Study of living things or biology
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What does science begin and end with
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Science begins with curiosity and often ends with discovery
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Difference between physical and life science
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Physical Science covers a broad range of non living things, while life science studies living things, but both overlap
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Compare science and technology
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Science and technology are interdependent. Advances in one lead to advances in the other. The goal of science is to expand knowledge Goal of technology is to apply knowledge
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Four Big Ideas of Physical Science
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Space and Time (universe is old and big), Matter and Change (universe is built from matter and atoms), Forces and Motion (forces cause motion), Energy (exists in many forms and cannot by destroyed)
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Scientific Method
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To solve a problem or to better understand an observed event
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Observation
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Information obtained through
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Hypothesis
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Proposed answer to a question
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