Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS-MANILA
Manila Education Center Arroceros Forest Park
Antonio J. Villegas St., Ermita, Manila

RESEARCH 7
INTRODUCTION TO
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDES

Quarter 1 Week 1 SLeM

Most Essential Learning Competency

Identifies and Describes Scientific

Attitudes
HOW TO USE THIS SUPPLEMENTARY LEARNING MATERIAL (SLeM)
Before you start answering the module, I want you to set aside other tasks that
will disturb you while enjoying the lessons. Read the simple instructions below to
successfully enjoy the objectives of this kit. Have fun!

1. Follow carefully all the contents and instructions indicated in every page of
this SLeM.
2. Write on your notebook or any writing pad the concepts about the lessons.
Writing enhances learning, that is important to develop and keep in mind.
3. Perform all the provided activities in the SLeM.
4. Let your facilitator/guardian assess your answers.
5. Analyze conceptually the posttest and apply what you have learned.
6. Enjoy studying!

PARTS OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY LEARNING MATERIAL

• Expectations - These are what you will be able to know after completing the
lessons in the SLeM.
• Pre-test - This will measure your prior knowledge and the concepts to be
mastered throughout the lesson.
• Looking Back - This section will measure what learnings and skills that you
understand from the previous lesson.
• Brief Introduction- This section will give you an overview of the lesson.
• Activities - These are activities designed to develop critical thinking and other
competencies. This can be done with or without a partner depending on the
nature of the activity.
• Remember - This section summarizes the concepts and applications of the
lessons.
• Checking your Understanding - It will verify how you learned from the
lesson.
• Post-test - This will measure how much you have learned from the entire
SLeM.

LESSON 1: KNOWING SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE

EXPECTATIONS

In this learning material, you will be able to describe a scientific attitude.

More specifically, this will lead you to
1. define scientific attitude
2. identify and describe proper attitudes in dealing with different problems
or situations.
3. appreciate how scientific attitude is significant in developing simple
science investigation.
 PRE-TEST
Direction: Read the statement below carefully. Write T if the statement is
TRUE. If the statement is FALSE, write F. Write your answers on the provided
ANSWER SHEET
1. Scientific attitude is very important to all researchers to seek answers to the
questions.
2. Scientific Attitude is the desire to know and understand something that interests
us.
3. Searching for data and their meaning to verify a particular information in
consideration of consequences is a demonstration that we possess a scientific
attitude.
4. It is hard to practice the scientific attitude most specially if you are in a situation
where you need not to agree with your initial conclusion.
5. Scientific attitude refers to the right behavior of a person when dealing with a
problem, inquiry, and discovery.

LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON

Remembering famous scientists and their journey as a researcher.

Directions: Complete the table by naming the discoveries/inventions of the

following scientists.

Scientist Discovery/Contribution
1. Alexander Fleming 1.

2. Albert Einstein
2.
3. Isaac Newton
3.
1. What made these scientists discover or invent things? What do they possess?
 BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Fight or flight!
Heard of this saying? It means that when a person find itself in a difficult
situation, there are two options he/she can choose. Either to fight and find a solution
or flight meaning to go away and turn your back to the problem. As a young scientist,
there are more things we need to remember in dealing either ordinary problems or
scientific problem. All we need is a right attitude. Whenever we think of something
and that thoughts are being expressed, this somehow is considered ATTITUDE
towards a specific situation.
Yes, it is, RIGHT ATTITUDE! This right attitude is no less than a SCIENTIFIC
ATTITUDE. Scientific Attitude is the desire to know and understand, questioning to
all statements, search for data and their meaning, search for verification, and
consideration of consequences (Gardner, 1975; Osborne et.al, 2003). It is therefore
the right attitude a person should possess in dealing with problem, difficulty specially
during scientific investigations.
Knowing that this attitude can help you in dealing with scientific problems,
are you ready to know them? Then let’s proceed to the next part of this learning
material.

ACTIVITIES
Activity 1.1 – Hearing your Thoughts!
Objective: Determine their thoughts and feelings in the given situations.

Direction: Complete the table by writing your thoughts and feelings in the given
situations.

Situation What will be thoughts/feelings?

1. You ask questions after your teacher
discussed a new lesson, you feel that
there is something that you do not
understand, and you want to find out
why.
2. You have a hard time of answering
problems in Math and you wanted to
find the solution/answer.
3. Found out that the result of your
experiment is not what you expected,
so what you did is you record
observations and results in your data
notebook without changing them.
4. You accepted the ideas and
suggestions of your groupmates on how
to improve your science project.
5. You did not believe on the results of
the experiment, so you look for the
data or information to prove what you
have found or discover.
Guide Question:
1. What are the different thoughts/feelings show in each situation?
2. Scientific attitude may help you solve problems or achieve your goal?
Explain your answer.

Activity 1.2 Attitude Does Matter!

Objective: Identify the different scientific attitudes exhibits during the conduct of
the experiment/activity.
Materials: 2 empty bottles of 1.5L of any soda, soil, 4 mongo seeds, tap water,
dropper, saltwater (2 tablespoons of salt in 1 cup of water)

Procedures:
1. Cut the empty 1.5 bottle into half (at least 5 inches tall from the bottom).
Use the bottom part (refer to the picture below) and fill it with same amount
of soil.

Picture 1 – Bottom Part of 1.5 bottle

2. Place 2 mongo seeds on each bottle at least 1inch deep and 2 inches apart.
3. Label the first bottle as set up A while the second bottle is set up B.
4. Every 8:00 in the morning, put10 drops of water on both set-ups. Tap water
for set-up A and saltwater for set-up B. Repeat the procedure for six days.
5. Fill up the needed data below before and while performing your experiment.

Guide Questions:
1. What do you think is the problem in this experiment?
2. Use the table below to record your daily observations and know if there are
changes in the growth of your plants in terms of height (use centimeter as unit
in measuring the height).

Set-up Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6

A
B

3. What happen to your plants after 6 days?

4. What are the problems you had encountered while conducting the
experiment?
5. How did you overcome these problems? Explain your answer.
 REMEMBER

Science has become an integral part of our daily lives or modern living and
one of the important outcomes of it is the development of scientific attitude. It is a
demonstration of feeling or thoughts on a particular situation. Problems are part of
our daily lives and these are something we cannot avoid. But having the right or
positive attitude, you can overcome challenges and achieve your goal.

CHECKING OF UNDERSTANDING: Cultivation of Scientific Attitude

Direction: Using the picture below, tell us what the right attitude is
illustrated below.

Situation Attitude

1.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/beyond-critical-thinking/

2.
https://wikiclipart.com/fishing-clipart/

3.
https://www.shutterstock.com/search/biologist+cartoon
 4.
https://www.canstockphoto.com/cheating-kid-9387519.html

5.

POST-TEST

Direction: Read the statement below carefully. Write T if the statement is

TRUE and change the underline word if it is False. Write your answers in the
ANSWER SHEET
1. Scientific attitude is very important to all researchers to seek answers to the
questions.
2. It is impossible to demonstrate a scientific attitude if you are not a scientist.
3. Scientific attitude is the right attitude in addressing common and scientific
problems.
4. We need to use the right attitude most specially if you are in a situation where
you need not to agree with your initial conclusion.
5. Scientific attitude refers to the right behavior of a person when dealing with a
problem, inquiry, and discovery.

REFERENCES

McIntyre,L..The Scientific Attitude Defending Science from Denial, Fraud and

Pseudoscience. 2020. MIT Publication.

Ebel, R..What is Scientific Attitude., Science Education Journal.2006. Wiley

Online Library. Iowa

Pudlao, J.. Scientific Attitude. 2020. Retrieved from Prezi.com

 Acknowledgements

Writer:
Editors: Mark Gil V. Tabor-HTIII
Cecile Santiago-MT

Reviewer: Rebecca M. Roxas-EPS

Management Team: Maria Magdalena M. Lim
Schools Division Superintendent-Manila
Aida H. Rondilla
Chief Education Supervisor
Lucky S. Carpio
Education Program Supervisor
Lady Hannah C Gillo,
Librarian II-LRMS
ANSWER SHEET
Name: Palmario, Dana Charlotte, Cuevas Gr. & Sec. 7 - ARCHIMEDES
SCORE:_______
Teacher: Miss Grace Villanueva School: Manila Science High School
Date: 10/11/21

QUARTER 1 – WEEK 1 - APPLYING SCIEITIFIC ATTITUDE IN DESIGNING A

SIMPLE SCIEINCE INVESTIGATION

PRE-TEST POST-TEST
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.

LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON

Scientist Discovery/Contribution
1. Alexander Fleming 1. He discovered the world's first broadly effective
antibiotic substance.
2. Albert Einstein
2. He developed the theory of relativity.
3. Isaac Newton
3. He discovered the theory about the law of gravity.
1. What made these scientists discover or invent things? What do they possess?
They possess curiosity, critical mindedness, inventiveness, and they aren’t afraid
to take risks.

ACTIVITY 1.1

Situation Reaction (What will you do?)

1. After your teacher discuss a new I will either ask my classmates or ask
lesson, you feel that there is something the teacher about the topic myself.
that you do not understand.
2. You have a hard time of answering I will ask help from my classmates and
problems in Math and you wanted to if I can, I would search how to answer
find the solution/answer. the problem.
3. Found out the result of your
experiment is not what you expected,
so what you did is you record
observations and results without
changing them.
4. You accepted the ideas and
suggestions of your groupmates on how
to improve your science project.
5. You did not believe on the results of
the experiment, so you look for the
data or information to prove what you
have found or discover.
Guide Question:
1.
2.
ACTIVITY 1.2
Guide Questions:
1.
2.
3. Use the table below to record your daily observation to record if there is a
change in height of your plant (use centimeter as unit in measuring the
height).
Set-up Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6
A
B
4.
5.
6.
CHECKING YOUR UNDERSTANDING:
Direction: Using the picture below, tell us what right scientific attitude should be
demonstrated.

Situation Scientific Attitude

1.

2.

3.

4.
5.

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS-MANILA
Manila Education Center Arroceros Forest Park
Antonio J. Villegas St., Ermita, Manila

RESEARCH 7
INTRODUCTION TO
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDES

Quarter 1 Week 2 SLeM

Most Essential Learning Competency

Enumerates & applies scientific attitudes in

designing a simple science experiment
HOW TO USE THIS SUPPLEMENTARY LEARNING MATERIAL (SLeM)
Before you start answering the module, I want you to set aside other tasks that
will disturb you while enjoying the lessons. Read the simple instructions below to
successfully enjoy the objectives of this kit. Have fun!

1. Follow carefully all the contents and instructions indicated in every page of
this SLeM.
2. Write on your notebook or any writing pad the concepts about the lessons.
Writing enhances learning, that is important to develop and keep in mind.
3. Perform all the provided activities in the SLeM.
4. Let your facilitator/guardian assess your answers.
5. Analyze conceptually the posttest and apply what you have learned.
6. Enjoy studying!

PARTS OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY LEARNING MATERIAL

• Expectations - These are what you will be able to know after completing the
lessons in the SLeM.
• Pre-test - This will measure your prior knowledge and the concepts to be
mastered throughout the lesson.
• Looking Back - This section will measure what learnings and skills that you
understand from the previous lesson.
• Brief Introduction- This section will give you an overview of the lesson.
• Activities - These are activities designed to develop critical thinking and other
competencies. This can be done with or without a partner depending on the
nature of the activity.
• Remember - This section summarizes the concepts and applications of the
lessons.
• Checking your Understanding - It will verify how you learned from the
lesson.
• Post-test - This will measure how much you have learned from the entire
SLeM.

LESSON 1: DIFFERENT SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDES

EXPECTATIONS

In this learning material, you will be able to describe the different

scientific attitude. More specifically, this will lead you to
1. identify the different scientific attitude.
2. use the different scientific attitude in designing a simple science
experiment.
 3. apply the scientific attitude is in addressing situation in a real-life
scenario and rationalize its significance.

PRE-TEST
Direction: Read the statement below carefully. Identify what scientific
attitude is described on each item. Use the words in the box in choosing answer.
Write your answers in the ANSWER SHEET

Humility Curiosity Open Mindedness

Perseverance Intellectual Honesty

1. A person who accepts and consider other’s opinion.

2. If we keep on asking questions to clarify unclear things or ideas.
3. To clearly state the result of the investigation/experiments based on observation.
4. Working hard despite of enormous repetitions and trials of experiment.
5. Admitting that his/her work is not free from committing errors.

LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON

Directions: Choose at least 4 words/phrase below associated with scientific

attitude. Write your answer on the provided answer sheet.

Behavior Right Attitude Solving a problem

Critical way understanding questioning more

Gathering data finding solution treat the problem

BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Now we know that instead of flying away from our problem, we can treat this
problem with a right attitude, and that is SCIENTIFIC Attitude. Remember when
Alexander Flemming discover the penicillin? His original work is to study the growth
of bacteria. But because of his patience, he was able to come up with something
bigger he never expects.
You are scientist in your own little way, you may not be aware, but you are
already practicing and showing this attitude as you Check the scientific attitudes
listed below:
 CURIOSITY - our endless “why” is a clear demonstration that we possess this
scientific attitude. Whenever we ask questions, clarifying things or even repeating
information to verify its truthfulness is a sign of curiosity.

PERSEVERANCE - remember your science class? How many trials we have

whenever we perform our experiments? Why do you think it is necessary to keep on
repeating same procedure? Yes, to verify if our findings is valid. And we can only
check our validity of our data if we can persevere.

HUMILITY – this means that we accept that we are capable or committing a

mistake. We are all human and nobody is perfect. Therefore, we need to constantly
ask or seek advice from other people who is more experienced with us.

OPEN MINDEDNESS – it means that we accept other’s opinion through

various consultation and soliciting advise from people who are expert than us.

INTELLECTUAL HONESTY – giving truthful report by not omitting information

or fabricating data. Also, a person should give credits to whom the credit is due and
not getting all the honors specially if there are other people behind the success of
his/her experiment or research.

ACTIVITIES
Activity 1.1 – Story Analysis
DIRECTION: Read the story below and then answer the following guide questions.

In 1901, Orville and Wilbur Wright tried to fly their first aircraft. However, the first
design was not successful. After the failed flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, they
realized that it was foolish to build full-size models for testing.
They spent countless hours in their workshop and built a wind tunnel to simulate
flight conditions. and crafted model airfoils and tested them in the wind tunnel, and
recorded data carefully. They used what they learned to design their next aircraft
which they tested in 1902. The new aircraft stayed in the air, but they still had more
work to do. They had to figure out how to control the craft, so they went back to the
wind tunnel to do more experiments.
While the 1901 flight proved that humans could fly, it took two more years for the
Wright brothers to determine how humans could fly safely! By December of 1903,
Orville and Wilbur successfully completed their "first" flight.
Below are some quotes from the Wright brothers, testifying to the importance of
scientific thinking to achieve new heights.
"Having set out with absolute faith in the existing scientific data,
we were driven to doubt one thing after another, till finally, after two
years of experiment, we cast it all aside, and decided to rely entirely
upon our own investigations. Truth and error were everywhere so
intimately mixed as to be undistinguishable (sic). Nevertheless, the time
expended in preliminary study of books was not misspent, for they gave
 us a good general understanding of the subject, and enabled us at the
outset to avoid effort in many directions in which results would have
been hopeless."
They decided to begin their own experimentation.
"To work intelligently, one needs to know the effects of a
multitude of variations that could be incorporated in the surfaces of
flying-machines. The pressures on squares are different from those on
rectangles, circles, triangles, or ellipses; arched surfaces differ from
planes, and vary among themselves according to the depth of curvature;
true arcs differ from parabolas, and the latter differ among themselves;
thick surfaces differ from thin, and surfaces thicker in one place than
another vary in pressure when the positions of maximum thickness are
different; some surfaces are most efficient at one angle, others at other
angles. The shape of the edge also makes a difference, so that
thousands of combinations are possible in so simple a thing as a wing."
Most fascinating, of course, is the fact that Orville and Wilbur had no formal science
education.
"We had taken up aeronautics merely as a sport. We reluctantly
entered upon the scientific side of it. But we soon found the work so
fascinating that we were drawn into it deeper and deeper. Two testing-
machines were built, which we believed would avoid the errors to which
the measurements of others had been subject. After making preliminary
measurements on a great number of different-shaped surfaces, to secure
a general understanding of the subject, we began systematic
measurements of standard surfaces, so varied in design as to bring out
the underlying causes of differences noted in their pressures.
Measurements were tabulated on nearly fifty of these at all angles from
zero to 45 degrees, at intervals of 2 1/2 degrees. Measurements were
also secured showing the effects on each other when surfaces are
superposed, or when they follow one another."

Guide Questions:

1. What are the scientific attitudes demonstrated in the story?

2. How do you think these attitudes help the Wright brother in achieving their goals?

Activity 1.2 Attitude Does Matter!

Objective: Design a simple experiment that will showcase your understanding in

scientific attitude. Do not forget to ask assistance from your parents or your
guardians.

Procedure:
Day 1-3
 1. Choose a partner that you want to work with.
2. You will be given 3 days to solve/find answer your chosen topic. Choose
which among the given situation you want to work.
A. Best detergent soap for greasy dishes. (choose 3 detergent soap available
in your kitchen)
B. Producing the biggest bubbles (choose 3 soaps available in your kitchen)
C. Fastest material that will fall (use 100mg of cotton, empty 500mL bottle
of any soda, and 1peso coin).
3. Discuss to your partner how will you be able to find answers to your chosen
situation. Answer the questions below.

3.1. What is the problem of your chosen study?

3.2. What are the materials you needed?
3.3. What are your possible answers to the problem?
3.4. Create a timetable showing your plan in solving/answering your
problem.
3.5. What data or information are needed to help you solve this problem?
3.6. Do you think the data or information gathered help you prove that
your possible answers you stated are correct?
4. After planning, both of you are now ready to conduct your investigation. Be
sure to prepare your data that will support your conclusion.
5. On the last day of your observation, be ready for the presentation of your
result.

Day 4: Answer the questions below:

1. What is the difficulty you encounter on the following situations?
1.1 While choosing the topic
1.2 While identifying the materials.
1.3 While formulating the problem.
1.4 While creating the timetable.
1.5 While gathering the data.
1.6 While preparing your result.
2. How did you overcome the difficulties on the following situations?
2.1 While choosing the topic
2.2 While identifying the materials.
2.3 While formulating the problem.
2.4 While creating the timetable.
2.5 While gathering the data.
2.6 While preparing your result.
3. What is the scientific attitude you show in dealing with the following
situations?
3.1 While choosing the topic
3.2 While identifying the materials.
3.3 While formulating the problem.
3.4 While creating the timetable.
3.5 While gathering the data.
3.6 While preparing your result.

REMEMBER
 Scientific Attitude is not only practice inside the laboratory nor possess
only of a real scientist. Ordinary people like students, teachers, parents or other
professionals can practice this kind of attitude We can also show this attitude in
dealing with a real-life problem. These scientific attitudes that we need to remember
are curiosity, perseverance, humility, intellectual honesty and open-mindedness.

CHECKING YOUR UNDERSTANDING: Cultivation the Scientific Attitude

Direction: Write your own example on how you will show the scientific
attitude written at the left side of the chart.

Scientific Attitude Example/s

1. Curiosity

2. Perseverance

3. Humility
4. Intellectual Honesty

5. Open-Mindedness

POST-TEST
Direction: Choose the letter that correspond to the best answer. Write your
answer to your answer sheet.
1. Good scientist is _______ in showing the findings of his/her experiment.
A. Curious B. Honest C. Open Minded D. Persevere

2. Performing multiple trials is an example of what scientific attitude?

A. Curiosity B. Honesty C. Open Mindedness D. Perseverance

3. True scientist are___________.

A. Working in the laboratory C. Studying
B. People in the mall D. All the above

4. The people who can practice demonstrating scientific attitudes are________.

A. Working in the laboratory C. Studying
B. People in the mall D. All the above

5. Scientific Attitude is hard to possess. This statement is _____________.

A. True B. False C. Either D. Neither

REFERENCES

McIntyre,L..The Scientific Attitude Defending Science from Denial, Fraud and

Pseudoscience. 2020. MIT Publication.
Ebel, R..What is Scientific Attitude., Science Education Journal.2006. Wiley
Online Library. Iowa

Pudlao, J.. Scientific Attitude. 2020. Retrieved from Prezi.com

Acknowledgements

Writer:
Editors: Mark Gil V. Tabor-HTIII
Cecile Santiago-MT

Reviewer: Rebecca M. Roxas-EPS

Management Team: Maria Magdalena M. Lim
Schools Division Superintendent-Manila
Aida H. Rondilla
Chief Education Supervisor
Lucky S. Carpio
Education Program Supervisor
Lady Hannah C Gillo,
Librarian II-LRMS
ANSWER SHEET
QUARTER 1 – WEEK 2 - APPLYING SCIEITIFIC ATTITUDE IN DESIGNING A
SIMPLE SCIEINCE INVESTIGATION

Name:______________________________ Gr. & Sec.____________ SCORE:_______

Teacher:_______________________________ School:__________________ Date;__________
PRE-TEST POST-TEST
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.

LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON

My definition of Scientific Attitude is _____________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

ACTIVITY 1.1
Guide Question:
1.
2.

Activity 1.2 Attitude Does Matter!

Procedure:
Day 1-3
3. Discuss to your partner how will you be able to find answer to your chosen
situation. Answer the questions below.

3.1. What is the problem?

3.2. What are the materials you need?
3.3. What are your possible answers to your problem?
3.4. Create a timetable showing your plan in solving/answering your
problem.
3.5. What are the data you need to gather that will help you in supporting
your conclusion?

Day 4: Answer the questions below:

1. What is the difficulty you encounter on the following situations?
1.1. While choosing the topic
 1.2. While identifying the materials.
1.3. While formulating the problem.
1.4. While creating the timetable.
1.5. While gathering the data.
1.6. While preparing your result.
2. How did you overcome the difficulties on the following situations?
2.1. While choosing the topic
2.2. While identifying the materials.
2.3. While formulating the problem.
2.4. While creating the timetable.
2.5. While gathering the data.
2.6. While preparing your result.
3. What is the scientific attitude you show in dealing with the following
situations?
3.1. While choosing the topic
3.2. While identifying the materials.
3.3. While formulating the problem.
3.4. While creating the timetable.
3.5. While gathering the data.
3.6. While preparing your result.

CHECKING YOUR UNDERSTANDING:

Scientific Attitude Example/s
1. Curiosity

2. Perseverance

3. Humility
4. Intellectual Honesty

5. Open-Mindedness