Skills Check: How Simple Ideas Lead to Scientific Discoveries

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1. Which action best shows the skill of Observation, as this lesson explains it?

Reading a textbook to find a list of facts about the Earth.
Spending a long time watching how water flows before you decide anything.
Building a new machine that can measure the speed of light.
Copying another scientist’s results into your own report.

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2. Observation is mostly about big, obvious things, not small details.

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3. The skill of Observation helps you notice the Fill in the blank 1 of 1 that other people might miss.

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Watched a ball as it moved inside a wooden wagon.
Looked at shadows to measure the size of a planet.
An easy way to practise this skill at home.
Something good scientists spend a lot of time doing.

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Watching how plants grow

Time spent with looking and thinking

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5. Which action best shows Critical Thinking, as the lesson explains it?

Believing a claim because a famous person said it first.
Writing down data carefully but never asking where it came from.
Linking a letter about a well to an idea about the Earth.
Repeating a test until you finally get the result you wanted.

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6. Critical Thinking means you must challenge your own ideas too, not only other people’s ideas.

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7. Critical Thinking meant that Eratosthenes did not just accept the facts; he used them to solve a Fill in the blank 1 of 1 .

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Helps you form a fair judgment about a difficult issue.
Shows you whether the information you have is really true.
Turned a letter about a well into a big discovery.
Helps you avoid mistakes when you test a new theory.

Analysing and judging an issue

Asking if the information is correct

Seeing links between different pieces of data

Challenging your own ideas

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9. Why must scientists share their discoveries with other people?

So that other people can test the results and confirm them.
So that the scientist becomes famous in their own city.
So that other laboratories cannot repeat the same work.
So that difficult ideas sound more impressive to other people.

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10. Communication in science means speaking only, and does not include clear writing.

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11. Fizeau used Communication to send his speed of light results to the scientific Fill in the blank 1 of 1 in Paris.

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Kept safe inside the Library of Alexandria for others.
Sent to the group of scientists working in Paris.
Make sure that other people really understand your ideas.
An easy way to practise this skill outside school.

Eratosthenes’ findings

Fizeau’s results

Clear writing and speaking

Explaining hard ideas to friends

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13. Which action best shows Creativity, as the lesson explains it?

Doing a task in exactly the same way as always.
Waiting for better equipment before you try a hard measurement.
Taking the first answer that works and stopping there.
Using a simple toothed wheel to measure something you cannot see.

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14. Creativity is needed in science because some experiments have never been done before.

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15. Creativity turns simple observations into new Fill in the blank 1 of 1 for the whole world.

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Something new, or an answer to a problem you have.
A simple machine used for a difficult physics problem.
A way forward when a hard problem blocks your usual method.
A way to practise this skill in your own work.

Using imagination and new ideas

Fizeau’s toothed wheel

Thinking outside the box

Looking for several solutions to one problem

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1. Question

1. Which action best shows the skill of Observation, as this lesson explains it?

2. Question

2. Observation is mostly about big, obvious things, not small details.

3. Question

3. The skill of Observation helps you notice the Fill in the blank 1 of 1 that other people might miss.

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5. Question

5. Which action best shows Critical Thinking, as the lesson explains it?

6. Question

6. Critical Thinking means you must challenge your own ideas too, not only other people’s ideas.

7. Question

7. Critical Thinking meant that Eratosthenes did not just accept the facts; he used them to solve a Fill in the blank 1 of 1 .

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9. Question

9. Why must scientists share their discoveries with other people?

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10. Communication in science means speaking only, and does not include clear writing.

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11. Fizeau used Communication to send his speed of light results to the scientific Fill in the blank 1 of 1 in Paris.

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13. Which action best shows Creativity, as the lesson explains it?

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14. Creativity is needed in science because some experiments have never been done before.

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15. Creativity turns simple observations into new Fill in the blank 1 of 1 for the whole world.

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