Discovery Lecture Guide
Explore, describe, and explain the natural world.
In this lecture guide we explore how science discovery leads to knowledge about nature.
Discovery Overview
We will begin with this guide overview video.
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Discovery Lecture Guide Contents
The material from these four pages and the corresponding lecture are assessed on the weekly quiz.
Discovery Objectives
Science Discovery
Provide examples of science discovery, including exploration, description, and explanation; and distinguish between a scientist and a naturalist, providing examples of historical naturalists.
Course Topics
Describe the characteristics of life and list the hierarchy of life from atoms to the Earth’s biosphere; and define this course’s topics of biodiversity, ecology, and conservation biology, including how they relate to barnacles and bees.
Science Knowledge
Describe how science knowledge is comprised of concepts, skills, and connections with other disciplines; provide examples of science knowledge related to biodiversity, ecology, and conservation biology; and explain how the course concepts relate to real life, including the final portfolio assignment.
Perspectives
Define what perspective is and provide examples of factors that impact perspective; provide multiple reasons for why different perspectives are important in the scientific enterprise; and summarize the course goal of building personal perspectives and knowledge about the course topics through the process of science discovery.
