It's Raining Cats and Dogs...and Fish and Frogs...and Birds

Using a recent event, this example illustrates some useful attributes of the nature of science and its approach to questions.

Author(s):

Lin Chambers

Date Accepted: 2011-04-10 Grade Group: Middle School (6-8) Benchmarks: S14.3.2 S14.3.4 S14.4.1 S14.4.2 S15.2.5 S15.3.4 S15.3.5 S15.4.3 Keywords: nature of science scientific method testable questions testing cause-and-effect myth-busters Microsoft Word: 01_28_11_1.docx PDF Document: 01_28_11_1.pdf

Author Notes

I think this example is good for both high school and middle school, as well as for some advanced students at elementary

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