Branches of Science
Web-quest
What is science?
How many different
branches of science are
there?
What is the difference
between a scientific fact,
law and theory?
Keep going to find the answers to
these and other science questions!
Follow the directions to find out about
the wonderful world of science!
Please fill in the question sheet as you
go along!
But be sure you understand what
you are writing down, please!
What is “Science”?
What is science? Where did the word
come from, and what does it mean?
Don’t copy the first thing you read but
click me to get a definition of science!
Be sure to scroll down the page!
What is the origin of the word?
look under “etyology”
Branches of Science
Science is broken down into
categories, or branches.
There are many different
branches of science, some
you know – some you
probably never heard of!
Want to take a look?
Click me! Click me!
Branches of Science
Here are some odd branches…
have fun looking around!
Take note of the ones that you
think are really “out there” and
record them on your paper!
Check out different parts of the
list—look beyond the “Gs”
Take a look at this!!
Scientific Fact, Law & Theory
A Scientific Fact is different
than a Scientific Theory.
A Scientific Law is different
than both!
Read on to see what is what!
Click me for a fact or me
Wacky facts!
Scientific Fact, Law & Theory
Follow me to Scientific Theory!
Or here
Visit me for a list of theories!
Be sure you copy a scientific theory
Visit me for the definition of a Law!
More on facts, laws & theories!
(be sure to scroll down read about laws!)
Theory and Law Summary
• Scientific theories are the
prerequisite before arriving
scientific laws.
• Scientific theories change
whereas laws will not.
• Both scientific laws and
theories were based on
observations.
http://www.differencebetween.net/science/difference-between-scientific-laws-andscientific-theories/
Have you answered all the
questions?
Hooray you’re done!
Double check your work
Feel free to go back and re-visit
any of the links in this activity
for more interesting
information!
Extra! Extra! Extra Credit!
• Here are a few “well-known” Theories:
Evolution, Relativity, Atomic, Quantum.
• What can you find out about them?
(1 pt EC/Theory; up to 2 pts)
• Here are a few “well-known” Laws:
Gravity, Newton’s Laws of Motion,
Thermodynamics, Conservation of
Matter & Energy
• What can you find out about them?
(1 pt EC/Law; up to 2 pts)
Scientific Law: statements that describe,
predict, and perhaps explain why, a range of events
behave or happen as they appear to in nature. A
law is a solid and formal statement, generated from
repeated experiment.
A law is a statement of fact meant to explain, in
brief terms, an action or set of actions. It is
generally accepted to be true and universal- laws
are accepted at face value based upon the fact that
they have always been observed to be true. Laws
can sometimes be expressed in terms of a single
mathematical equation.
Some scientific laws, or laws of nature, include
the law of gravity, the law of thermodynamics,
and Hook’s law of elasticity.