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RESEARCH I-Grade 7
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SELF LEARNING MODULE
RESEARCH I- GRADE 7(STEM Curriculum)
FIRST QUARTER – WEEK 1
Research 7
First Quarter – Module 1A
Scientific Attitudes Part 1
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I What I need to know?
In this module, we will learn to recognize and show scientific attitudes. You
will be enlightened that some of the skills and attitudes are essential for solving
problems effectively. This lesson is designed to introduce students to the important
habits of mind that one must develop in order to solve problems effectively. Students
should have many opportunities to develop and utilize these skills and attitudes in
the context of scientific investigation, as well as within other disciplines. Furthermore,
this module will help you to have thorough understanding of importance of
recognizing scientific attitudes.
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will enable to process the contents of the learning resource while being an active
learner.
At the end of the lesson the students should be able to:
1. determine the scientific attitudes.
2. have realistic expectations of scientist; and
3. recognize the scientific attitudes to be emulated.
Learning Task 1: Diagnostic test.
Directions: Choose the best answer for each item. You must write your answers on
the separate answer sheet. Do not write your answers in your module.
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______4. A scientist was asked by his employer from a tobacco-manufacturing firm
to produce falsified data that would dismiss claims of cancer related to
cigarette smoking. The scientist refused and he lost his job.
______5. One winter night in 1839, Charles Goodyear accidentally dropped a piece
of rubber sprinkled with sulphur onto a red-hot stove. Instead of melting, the
rubber flattened out into small disk with desirable rubber properties. Goodyear
had accidentally invented vulcanization.
______6. Rita Levi-Montalcini was a Jewish Italian American neurologist. During
World War II, Jews had to go in hiding including Rita, but she continued to
conduct experiments on chicken embryos in a homemade laboratory all
through World War II. Her work led to the discoveries on Alzheimer’s disease.
______7. A student of research saw a TV commercial about detergent that cleaned
better than their household detergent. The student performed the same
experiment to verify the claims advertised.
______8. A student closely observes how a caterpillar comes out of the cocoon to
become a butterfly.
For numbers 9-13, study the situation given in each item and identify which basic
process skills listed below is manifested.
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I What is new?
Researchers investigate the world in so many ways. In different science
investigations, they may use different methods and be guided by different theories
and hypotheses. The acquisition of a scientific attitude is one of the most important
outcomes of science or research. Have you ever wondered how scientists discover
their scientific breakthroughs? Will it be possible for a Grade 7 learner like you to do
scientific research the way your favorite scientist or researcher did?
Children examine a patch of grass and investigate the creatures in it. With
sheer amazement and wonder, the question leads to another. Fascination ensues
with each discovery. Asking the question “Why?” is the springboard to the universe
to the universe of scientific discovery. Curiosity and observation are the start of
science and all scientists have that curious child in their hearts and minds. Scientists
always ask questions and often wonder about the world. At first, these questions
come at random. Later, the questions become more focused and direct, enabling the
scientist to know what data to gather and to plan how to answer these questions
through experiments. Scientists usually have a small notebook or journal on which to
write down their thoughts, the data they collected, their observations, and the ideas
they generate.
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Top 10 Influential Figures in Science and Technology
Scientist Inventions/Discoveries
Aristotle
Isaac Newton’s discoveries created a launchpad for
future developments in science. His most
noteworthy innovations were as follows:
Newton’s three laws of motion set the
foundation for modern classical mechanics.
The discovery of gravitational force gave us
the ability to predict the movement
of heavenly bodies.
His discovery of the calculus gave us a
potent mathematical tool, aiding the precise
Isaac Newton analytical treatment of the physical world.
The printing press, a device that applies pressure
to transfer ink, was invented around 1440 by the
German Johann Gutenberg.
This invention drastically reduced the cost to
reproduce printed material, and as such,
its creation was one of the most influential events of
the second millennium.
Joh
annes Gutenberg
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The greatest mathematician of ancient times, and
one of the greatest of all time, Archimedes was also a
physicist, inventor, astronomer and engineer. He is
most famous for discovering the law of
hydrostatics, sometimes known as 'Archimedes'
principle', stating that a body immersed in fluid
loses weight equal to the weight of the amount of
fluid it displaces. He created the principle by which
the volume of an irregularly shaped object can be
Archimedes determined, which has had enormous influence down
through the ages
Nikola Tesla
Marie Sklodowska-Curie was a chemist who
conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.
She was the first woman to win a Nobel prize. She
is most famous for the discovery of elements
Polonium and Radium.
Marie Sklodowska-Curie
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Wilbur and Orville Wright were American inventors
and pioneers of aviation. In 1903 the Wright
brothers achieved the first powered, sustained and
controlled airplane flight; they surpassed their own
milestone two years later when they built and flew
the first fully practical airplane.
Wright Brothers
Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist,
geologist and biologist, best known for his
contributions to the science of evolution. His
proposition that all species of life have descended
over time from common ancestors is now widely
accepted and considered a foundational concept in
science.
C
harles Darwin
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Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci around 500 years
ago.
D What I know?
Learning Task 3: Scientist / Researcher’s Attitude
Answer the two-part test. You must write your answers on the separate answer
sheet. Do not write your answers in your module Write your answer in your
notebook.
I. Matching Type. Match the description from Column A to the scientific attitudes
on Column B.
A B
______ 1. A researcher shows interest and pays a. Creativity
attention to objects or events. b. Curiosity
______ 2. A researcher can generate new and original c. Humility
ideas. d. Intellectual honesty
______ 3. A researcher gives a truthful report of e. Open-mindedness
observations f. Perseverance
______ 4. A researcher is humble when he admits that
he is not free from committing errors.
______ 5. A researcher listens and respects the ideas
of others.
II. Multiple Choices. Write the letter of the best answer in your notebook.
1. A student demonstrates honesty when he _____.
a. recognizes conclusions as tentative.
b. looks for inconsistencies in statements.
c. reports the data truthfully.
d. challenges the validity of unsupported statements.
2. A person exhibits open-mindedness when he _____.
a. discusses his ideas with others.
b. agrees with the ideas presented by others.
c. evaluates ideas, which do not agree with his/her ideas.
d. asks others to provide evidence to support their arguments.
3. Which scientific attitude is demonstrated by a research student who use
glass jars instead of beaker?
a. critical thinking b. curiosity c. inventiveness d. serendipity
4. What scientific attitude is being shown in the event where Alexander Graham
Bell thought of making a gadget that could make deaf hear but many
scientists discourage and did not believe on his vision but continue his
invention?
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a. objectivity b. determination c. serendipity d. good ethic
5. For 15 years, Howard Rogers, a chemist for polaroid experimented with over
5000 different chemical compounds before inventing a new molecule that
enable him to take instant-colored picture. What scientific attitude is being
shown in the situation?
a. acceptance of failure c. serendipity
b. scientific intuition d. good ethics
Lesson
SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDES
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This lesson will briefly describe the scientific attitudes. It will also help the
learner determine some important attitudes that are essential for solving problems
effectively. Science Education aims to new substance that enabled him to think like
scientists and emphasis would be expected on the development of attitude that good
scientists are able to display. Shaping students’ attitudes, behaviors, and motivations
is necessary today for without these broader skills and strengths, students will be
unprepared for the challenges they, and their world, will face. Development of proper
scientific attitude and values toward Science are important elements that may
influence students’ performance.
Scientific attitude is probably the most important factor in doing
research. Scientific attitude means multiple character traits. An important aspect of a
personality of someone who wants to be successful in the field of science.
What is in?
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Learning Task 4: Traits of a Scientist! (Wika Rambulan game)
Study the table below. In the last column, arrange the jumbled words
synonymously with the underlined words to determine what scientific attitude/s was
shown by the scientist in each scenario. Write your answer on a separate sheet of
paper.
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discovered the moons of Jupiter,
the craters on the earth’s moon,
and the sunspots.
A scientist is An opened-minded person is one
unbiased. who can modify plans or discard
. hypotheses if necessary. One such Off-pen
person was Johannes Kepler who Mine-dead-nest
was hired to developed evidence
that planets moved along perfect _ _ _ _-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
circles. But after 15 years of work,
he broke away from that idea and
discovered that planets follow
elliptical orbits.
A scientist is Isaac Newton built his laws of
truthful. motion on the previous work of In-tell-ache-two-wall
Galileo and others. In fact, Un-nest-tea
Newton’s fist law was very similar ____________
to Galileo’s concept of inertia. He _______
never claimed that he worked out
his laws by himself. Newton
develop the contributions of Galileo
and others to his work by saying
that if he had been able to see
further than others “it was by
standing on the shoulders of
giants”.
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not. He looked at things from And
different perspectives. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _-
________
A scientist tries new approaches to arrive at solutions. Like the scientists who
were cited in this lesson, you should also learn to develop and adopt the scientific
attitudes. The determination, honesty, perseverance, patience, and courage of our
scientist are virtues worth emulating.
D What is it?
Attitudes and Values a Scientist Must Possess
There are so many ways of being a scientist, it would be impossible to list them
all. Scientists can work in a laboratory, using theoretical equations and models; for a
company or the government; cataloguing plants and animals in the rainforest; as
astronauts in space; or as educators.
There are certain characteristics that are useful or necessary to be a good scientist.
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A scientist does not jump to conclusions. This attitude enables the scientist to
withhold his or her judgment until the tests have been completed. This means that
scientists do not accept ideas until after an exhaustive investigation has been
performed.
Name the 5 attitudes (from One or two sentences that describe the
the lessons/modules in your notes) attitude.
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E What is more?
What are the characteristics of a good scientist?
Learn who the scientists are and find out the various characteristics that are
important for them to attain success. While not every scientist has all these
characteristics, these are the traits that help build good scientists. Do you have the
characteristics of a good scientist?
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Learning Task 7: SCIENCE CONNECTION
Via phone patch or email, interview a scientist or anyone who makes direct use of
science in their profession. Ask the following question and make a short-written
report about your interview.
1. Profile information
Name
______________________________
Occupation (What work do you do?)
______________________________
Academic background (What did you study in school?)
______________________________
2. Which subjects in school are helping you the most in your present job?
4. Do you use mathematics in your work? If yes, how? If no, why not?
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*The rubric below will serve as guide and basis of your score.
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A What I have learned?
Learning Task 9: Treasure or Trash
In this activity, you will sort all the attitudes both positive and negative
attitudes. Positive attitude will be consigned to the treasure box to cherish the good
traits you must emulate while the negative attitude must disposed or thrown away to
the trash bin.
Guide Questions. Answer briefly but substantially. You must write your answers on
the separate answer sheet.
1. What are the qualities to become a scientist?
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
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A What I can achieve?
Assessment
Directions: Study the situation given in each item and identify which basic process
skills listed below is manifested. You must write your answers on the separate
answer sheet. Do not write your answers in your module .
______1.John gathered some sea shells at the seashore and noticed that each sea
shells has different colors, shape and size from the other.
______2. Christine collected different samples of the Aglaonema varieties and group
them according to their leaf arrangement, leaf color and leaf venation.
______3. Mary feels that the temperature of the environment will get colder.
______4. Ernie Baron used the wind vane and anemometer to collect data in PAG-
ASA.
______5.Joseph notice that the Pechay on the left plot is growing more because it
has been receiving more sunlight.
______6. What science process skills is shown by the researcher that shares their
conclusions with one another by joining a science fair?
A. Communication C. Inferring
B. Classifying D. Predicting
______7. For a researcher, an important step in the basic science process skill is
gathering data through quantitative observation. Which of the following
examples DO NOT show measuring skills in science?
A. Oral temperature of 37.8ºC
B. Comparing the size of your fist to your father.
C. Count the time while doing physical exercise.
D. Read the volume at the bottom of the meniscus in a graduated cylinder.
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For numbers 11-8, determine which of the following characteristics of a scientist or a
researcher is exemplified in the situation given.
______11. A student closely observes how a caterpillar comes out of the cocoon to
become a butterfly.
______12. A student of research saw a TV commercial about detergent that cleaned
better than their household detergent. The student performed the same
experiment to verify the claims advertised
______13. A scientist was asked by his employer from a tobacco-manufacturing firm
to produce falsified data that would dismiss claims of cancer related to
cigarette smoking. The scientist refused and he lost his job.
______14. One winter night in 1839, Charles Goodyear accidentally dropped a piece
of rubber sprinkled with sulphur onto a red-hot stove. Instead of melting, the
rubber flattened out into small disk with desirable rubber properties. Goodyear
had accidentally invented vulcanization.
______15. Rita Levi-Montalcini was a Jewish Italian American neurologist. During
World War II, Jews had to go in hiding including Rita, but she continued to
conduct experiments on chicken embryos in a homemade laboratory all
through World War II. Her work led to the discoveries on Alzheimer’s disease.
.
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Enrichment Activity
Reflection
Learning Task 10: Acrostics
Write an acronym for the given words. Make sure the words you will write in each
letter is connected and/or related to the concepts being discussed. You must write
your answers on the separate answer sheet. Do not write your answers in your
module. Be creative and design your work.
S– ______________________ A– ______________________
C– ______________________ T– ______________________
I– ______________________ T– ______________________
E– ______________________ I– ______________________
N– ______________________ T– ______________________
T– ______________________ U– ______________________
I– ______________________ D– ______________________
F– ______________________ E– ______________________
I– ______________________ S– ______________________
C– ______________________
Reflection
Reflection
My Journal Entry No. 1
Answers
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References
Attitudes and Values A Scientist Must Possess. EDSSS .EXPERTSCOLUMN.COM
http://edsss.expertscolumn.com/article/attitudes-and-values-scientist-must-
possess
Pavico, Faraon, Ramos, Bayquen, Silverio (2013) Exploring Life Through Science
(K-12 Curriculum Compliant) pages 13 and 33
Values and Attitudes, Science Net Links. AAAS. Retrieved date July 11, 2020
http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/values-and-attitudes/
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