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Name: ______Date: ______Period: ______Introduction to the of : Crash Course History of Science #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvtCLceNf30&index=2&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNppY8ZHMPDH5TKK2UpU8Ng

Directions: While you watch the video, answer each question in the space provided.

1. We learn about the world around us through making o______and performing e______. 2. Don’t believe something just because someone t______you it’s true. Test out each new hypothesis, or educated guess, y______. 3. The history of science includes many s______for understanding the world. 4. 5 Big Questions will be answered by this video series: a. What is ______? b. What is ______? c. Where are ______? d. When are ______? e. How can we ______on what we ______? 5. Knowledge is p______. 6. Highlight how the v______and e______of scientists and engineers shape our world. 7. Learning the h______of s______can help shine a light on a dark future.

SciShow: The Times and Troubles of the Scientific Method

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8wi0QnYN6s

Directions: While you watch the video, answer each question in the space provided.

1. The scientific method is ______perfect, but it is the ______thing we have for ______. 2. Aristotle said you can’t just sit on your couch and think, you have to go ______. 3. Ibn Al-Haytham is considered the ______of the ______. 4. Isaac Newton’s book, “Principia”, laid out the official rules for scientific reasoning: a. All things that cerate the ______effects can be assumed to have the same basic ______. b. Theories based on ______should remain accurate until they are refuted by other ______. 5. List 2 scientists and the discoveries they made WITHOUT the scientific method. a. ______b. ______6. List 2 ways COMPUTERS are changing science. a. ______b. ______