The course Science in Today’s World opened my eyes to many exciting and scary topics that I had never given much thought to. It allowed me to develop my own informed opinion about climate change, showed me truth about the scarcity of our fresh water, the complexity of the Microbiome inside of us, the truth of Stem Cell therapies, and the role that Nanotechnology could play in our future. However, what I feel is the most important thing that the course has taught me was how to identify the truth behind all of the different reporting on scientific research by news agencies, advertisements, and numerous other organizations.
Scientific research is conducted utilizing the scientific method. The simple version of the scientific method is that scientists ask a question, create a hypothesis, experiment, collect data, and then draw conclusions from that data (How Science Works, 2018). Furthermore, this data is then communicated to other scientist in books, conferences, and most importantly their results are published for their peers to review (Module 1: Module Notes, 2018). The peer review process ensures that data is sound, not prejudiced, and or fictitious (Module 1: Module Notes, 2018). Understanding this process has helped me to identify the truth behind the scientific research utilized by the news …show more content…
The Science Tool Kit is a tool that has you question where the information came from, is the information portrayed accurately, is the scientific community confident in the data portrayed, is it misrepresented or over sensationalized, where is additional information, and lastly how strong is the evidence (Module 1: Module Notes, 2018). Questioning each report or advertisement in this method ensures that I have all of the knowledge available to draw an educated conclusion from the information
Scientific research is conducted utilizing the scientific method. The simple version of the scientific method is that scientists ask a question, create a hypothesis, experiment, collect data, and then draw conclusions from that data (How Science Works, 2018). Furthermore, this data is then communicated to other scientist in books, conferences, and most importantly their results are published for their peers to review (Module 1: Module Notes, 2018). The peer review process ensures that data is sound, not prejudiced, and or fictitious (Module 1: Module Notes, 2018). Understanding this process has helped me to identify the truth behind the scientific research utilized by the news …show more content…
The Science Tool Kit is a tool that has you question where the information came from, is the information portrayed accurately, is the scientific community confident in the data portrayed, is it misrepresented or over sensationalized, where is additional information, and lastly how strong is the evidence (Module 1: Module Notes, 2018). Questioning each report or advertisement in this method ensures that I have all of the knowledge available to draw an educated conclusion from the information