Scrambled sentence

In this activity, students try to assemble a meaningful sentence by successively turning over a set of word cards. Parallels are drawn to particular aspects of the nature of science.

By the end of this activity, students should be able to:

• describe aspects of the nature of science such as the self-correcting nature of science, the tentative nature of scientific knowledge and science as an on-going endeavour
• give one real-world example of science as an on-going endeavour
• give one real-world example of the tentative nature of scientific knowledge.

Download the Word file (see link below) for:

• introduction/background notes
• what you need
• what to do
• word cards.

Acknowledgement

This activity is based on ‘Dogs and Turnips’ written by Al Janulaw and Judy Scotchmoor (University of California Museum of Paleontology).