Probing Questions:

1. What would happen if you broke a law?

(various answers.go to jail, pay a fine, etc, even one student stated that if you were
good enough you may be able to get away with it..excellent example for a
scientific law)
2. What would happen if you broke a Scientific Law?
(For instance, you woke up one day, and decided you had had it with Newtons law of
gravity, and attempted to defy it, and jump off a cliff, deciding you would just float. Does
anyone know the equation for gravity? ) (Put equation
on the board)
3. So, all things considered, which do you think would work out better for you, breaking a
legal law, or a scientific law? Can you, in the natural order of things, break a scientific
law? Can you predict the outcome if you tried to break Newtons gravitational law and
jumped off a steep cliff?
4. Consider a scientific theory, and explain an example of one.
( various answers, such as evolution, cell theory, etc )
( All have several parts, unlike a law)
5. What can you tell me about Laws vs. Theories, just in the amount of components each
has?
( Laws cover ONE thing, and Theories have multiple components)