Year 6

How do scientific ideas change?

In this lesson, we will learn about the scientific process that leads to new scientific ideas being accepted. We will learn about a few examples where scientific ideas were not very easily accepted and we will learn about how the accumulation of knowledge over time has led to some amazing scientific advances.

Year 6

How do scientific ideas change?

In this lesson, we will learn about the scientific process that leads to new scientific ideas being accepted. We will learn about a few examples where scientific ideas were not very easily accepted and we will learn about how the accumulation of knowledge over time has led to some amazing scientific advances.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Describe the scientific process
  2. How scientific ideas are challenged in science
  3. How knowledge builds over time - using sound and the invention of the iphone as an example

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5 Questions

Q1.
A scientific idea is ________ for how something works that was figured out using the scientific process.
a description
Correct answer: an explanation
an instruction
Q2.
What theory did Charles Darwin come up with?
Big bang theory
Correct answer: Theory of evolution
Theory of relativity
Q3.
What is the first step in the scientific process?
Correct answer: Ask a question
Collect and analyse data
Hypothesis
Q4.
What is the last step in the scientific process?
To check if the evidence fits
To collect and analyse date
Correct answer: To communicate
Q5.
What is peer review?
A formal discussion or argument
Correct answer: Evaluation of scientific work by others working in the same field
Working with someone