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Week1-I
mpor
tanceofSci
ence,
Technol
ogyandSoci
ety

1.
Howi
mpor
tanti
sSci
enceandt
echnol
ogyt
oyourcour
se?

Answer
:

*Byi
mprov
ingouri
ntel
lect
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skil
l
sinknowi
ngaboutoursoci
eti
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atus,
ofhowourt
echnol
ogi
es
upgr
adi
ng/i
mprovi
ngineachti
me.

*
Alsoi
thel
susconnectsci
enceandt
echnol
ogytoourcoursebecausenowadaysourt
echnol
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i
smodernandSci
enceisconnect
edwi
thit
,hel
psusunderstandtheconceptofi
t.

*Bygiv
ingusknowl
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well
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oourcourse.

2.
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it
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hreecany
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ear
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*
Ithel
psust
odev
elopourment
alabi
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iti
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.

*
Ithel
psusunderst
andthei
mport
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ence,
technol
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tpl
aysan
i
mportantr
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nourcommunit
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*
Itwi
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3.
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ionshi
pbet
weensci
ence,
technol
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ent
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1.
Def
inet
heSci
ent
if
icmet
hodi
nyourownwor
ds?Maxi
mum of3Sent
encesonl
y.

Forus, ourownwor dsindef

ini
ngsci
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fi
cmethodisthatscientif
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data,conclusi
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at obeanali
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use/present.

2.Namet
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3)char
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csofsci
ent
if
icmet
hod.

*
Emper
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*
Repl
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*
Obj
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stemat
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3.
Listdownt
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7)Sci
ent
if
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hodsequence;
Descr
ibeeachmet
hod.

Answer
:

1.)Askaquestion-Thi
sisthef
ir
ststepaskingaquesti
ont
haty oucuriosaboutory
ouwantto
knowanswer.ThequestionmustanswerabletheWHquesti
onal so,
itshoul
dbemeasurabl
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answerabl
ethroughexperi
mentsdonebyi n-
cludest
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a/ numericalr
esult
s.

2.)Perf
ormr esear
chAfterchavingaquesti
on,conductaresearchtoknowaboutt oprepar
e
yoursel
fforanexperi
menti fappli
cabl
e.Ifconduct
ingabackgr oundresear
chitwil
lfi
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onli
nesearchengines,
books, previ
ousst
udiesfori
tisyourreferenceinmakingconcl
usionaf
ter
.

3.)Constructahy pot
hesi
s-Inconstr
ucti
ngahypothesi
s,wher
eyouar eproposi
ngatheoryoran
explanat
ionf oranObservat
ionyouwill
do.Whichcanbeduetroughexperimentandstudy,
and
shouldbecl earandtest
ablepredi
cti
onforanoutcomeofyourstudy
/experi
ment.

4.)Testt
hehypothesi
s-Int
hisst
ep,
youwil
lneedtotestyourhypothesi
sbyconduct
ingan
experi
ment.Theexperi
mentserv
easthepr
ooftestonyourpredict
ion/hypot
hesi
s.

5.
)Makeanobserv
ati
on-Makeanobser
vati
onofexperi
menty
ouar
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ectt
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dat
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nfor
mati
onalsor
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eddata.

6.)Anal
yzetheresul
tandcreateaconclusion-Analy
zet heresul
tsoft
heexper
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vedone
todeter
mineifi
tsupportyourresear
chhy pothesi
s.Alsoitmeanstodeter
mineofwhetherwhat
yourbel
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ndi
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npr
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indi
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ifyouar
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d,PowerPoi
nt.I
fapr
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icat
ion
et
c.

4.Ident
if
ythet
wo(
2)t
ypesofObser
vat
ioni
ntheSci
ent
if
icMet
hod.
Descr
ibeeacht
ypeandgi
ve
example.

1.
)Qual
i
tat
ive

Descri
pti
on:
Thequali
tat
ivety
peofObservat
ionisi
tmeansthatitdeal
swi
thdat
asthatcanbe
observedwit
hour5senses.I
tisall
aboutobser
vingandnoti
nvol
vingnumber
s,cal
cul
ati
ons.

Exampl
e:Inot
icedt
hatmostoft
hebr
eadwi
thbi
teswer
evani
l
laandhav
echocol
atesi
de.

2.
)Quant
it
ati
ve

Descri
pti
on:Thequantit
ati
veobser
v ationiswerethecoll
ect
ionofdataisuseincl
uding
numbersandvalues.I
t'
saboutquant
it
y ,theresul
tsoftheobservat
ionareshownbyusi ng
numeri
cal
,dataandanalysi
smethod.Itinv ol
venumbervaluevolume,weight
,hei
ghtetc..

Exampl
e:Ni
comai
nei
shav
inganobser
vat
ionofwhati
sthef
reezi
ngpoi
ntofwat
er.