Science Matters By Robert M. Hazen

Science is a way that man tries to understand better the natural and social world. Scientic literacy is important to each individual because it makes them understand the works of science on a deeper understanding. Science literacy according to “Science Matters” written by Robert M. Hazen means, “The knowledge you need to understand public issues.” In everyday experiences we have questions on how something works and scientific literacy makes us ask, find, and determine answers to what we don’t know. Science literacy to me means understanding science in a deeper meaning. Scientific literacy is really important because it helps us know what, why, and how things happen around us in nature. Scientific literacy strengthens a person’s ability to explore, …show more content…
That helped strengthen our abilities because it made us realize that science can be used anywhere in the real world, if only we put our mind and thoughts to it. This also helped because you realize that when experimenting the variables are what is the most important part of the experiment / activity because without variables there would be no cause and effect of the given question, as well as no experiment. Those variables in the activity helped us better understand the use of a hypothesis and coming up with what we think might happen. The class had argued what makes a person playing tug of war the victor and what helps him or her win. We later came to the conclusion that the strength of a person, the number of people, the setting of where it is being played, and the mass were important in order to win. After many attempts changing the variables, we realized that the strength and mass of a person helps with winning. With this activity we were able to have more knowledge on fundamental forces which we use on a daily basis. This activity has helped me to better understand the use of fundamental forces and has helped with pushing or pulling heavy or light