1A Discovery
1A Discovery

Guide 1A

Discovery

Explore, describe, and explain the natural world.

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In this guide we explore how science discovery leads to knowledge about nature.

Video Overview

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Discovery Guide Contents

Complete all four of these sections before taking the quiz and making your media piece.
Science Discovery

Science Discovery

Course Topics

Course Topics

Science Knowledge

Science Knowledge

Perspectives

Perspectives

Discovery Objectives

Provide examples of science discovery, including exploration, description, and explanation; list characteristics of barnacles, including structures and classification; and describe what a naturalist is and provide examples of historical naturalists.

Science Discovery

Provide examples of science discovery, including exploration, description, and explanation; list characteristics of barnacles, including structures and classification; and describe what a naturalist is and provide examples of historical naturalists.
Describe the characteristics of life and list the hierarchy of life from atoms to the Earth’s biosphere; define this course’s topics of biodiversity, ecology, and conservation biology; and provide characteristics of bees, including their relationship to the course topics.


Course Topics

Describe the characteristics of life and list the hierarchy of life from atoms to the Earth’s biosphere; define this course’s topics of biodiversity, ecology, and conservation biology; and provide characteristics of bees, including their relationship to the course topics.

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.

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.
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.


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.


Discovery Product Page

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Discovery Products

Discovery Resource Page

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biotas is a growing collection of online biology curricula and media.  Discover nature and our relationship with the natural world through exploration, description, and explanation.  Please be safe in all of your adventures and minimize impact to organisms & their environments.

biota (bi-o-tah) noun singular

The organisms of a particular region, habitat, or time.

biotas (bi-o-tas) noun plural

use:  “Algae are part of lake, river, and oceanic  biotas.”