Guide 1A
Discovery
Explore, describe, and explain the natural world.
In this guide we explore how science discovery leads to knowledge about nature.
Video Overview
We will begin with this guide overview video.
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Discovery Guide Contents
Complete all four of these sections before taking the quiz and making your media piece.
Discovery Objectives
Science Discovery
Provide examples of science discovery, including exploration, description, and explanation; list characteristics of barnacles, including structures and classification; and describe what a naturalist is and provide examples of historical naturalists.
Course Topics
Describe the characteristics of life and list the hierarchy of life from atoms to the Earth’s biosphere; define this course’s topics of biodiversity, ecology, and conservation biology; and provide characteristics of bees, including their relationship to the course topics.
Science Knowledge
Describe how science knowledge is comprised of concepts, skills, and connections with other disciplines, provide examples of science knowledge related to biodiversity, ecology, and conservation biology; and explain how the course concepts relate to real life, including the final field guide assignment.
Perspectives
Define what perspective is and provide examples of factors that impact perspective; provide multiple reasons for why different perspectives are important in the scientific enterprise; and summarize the course goal of building personal perspectives and knowledge about the course topics through the process of science discovery.
Discovery Product Page
Look ahead to the products (quiz & media piece) you will be making after completing this guide’s four activity pages.
Discovery Resource Page
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