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1. Whati
ssci
ence?

Scienceisasy stemat i
cstudyt hatexplai
nsthehappeni ngsinour
surroundi
ngst hr
oughobser v ationandexper i
ment s.Itprovi
des
explanati
ons,analyzesandev aluatest
hegat hereddat a.Moreover,
scienceprovidesuswi thav astamountofknowl edgeinabr oadrangeof
phenomenaandsci enceisananswert oallofourquest i
onsaboutthi
s
universethatwel i
vein.Also, sciencei
samodal i
tyoft hi
nki
ngina
systematicwayt obui l
dandor ganizei
nformationt hr
ought est
able
explanati
onsandpr edi
cti
ons.

2.Whydoweneedt
oteachsci
ence?

Becauset eachi
ngscienceof fersst
udentstheoppor tuni
tytolearnabout
whyandhowl i
vi
ngthingsorthingswork.Itgi
v esthem enoughknowl edge
tounderstandhowt hehumanbodywor ksandt hemechani csand
reasonsbehindcompl exsystems.Moreov ersciencehelpsthestudents
andt hepeopletoimprovetheirlogi
calandpr oblem solv
ingskil
ls.Al
so,it
 i
ncr easespeople’sunder
standingofsci enceandt heconst r
uctionof
knowl edgeaswel lastopromot escientifi
cliteracyandr esponsi bl
e
cit
izenship.Teachingsci
encecoul dhel pkidst obeadi scovererlearner,
thi
scoul dleadthem tobecur i
ousunt i
ltheycoul dt rytolear
nt hethings
thattheywantt olearnontheirown.I thelpst hest udentstoan
i
ndependentl earneraswellasitcouldhel pthem t oimpr ovetheirsocial
skil
ls.Andl ast
ly,weneedt oteachsci enceinor dertohav eenough
knowl edgeaboutinthisworldandt ol essent hecur iosi
tyofthepeopl e
andi norderforthenextgenerationtounder st andt heimpor t
anceof
scienceinourdai l
yli
fe.

3.Howi
ssci
enceapar
tofy
ourl
i
ves?

Throughsci
enceev eryt
hingthatexi
stsint hi
sworldhasanexplanat
ion
becauseofexplor
ing,experi
menting,etc.Andbecauseofscienceourdai
ly
l
ifehasbeeneasyf orusandev eryt
hingthatweusei nourdail
yli
fesuch
assoap,medici
ne, f
oods, v
ehicl
esaretheout comesofscience.I
nthe
fi
eldofagri
cul
turesciencehasmadeagr eatcont
ri
buti
ontoimprovethe
machiner
yandf ert
il
izer
s.Howi sscienceapar tofmylif
e?

Sciencemakesmyl ifeeasi erbecauset hr

ought heexper imentofsci enceI
cangowher ev
erIwantt ogobecauset her eareal otofv ehicl esthatare
i
nv entedbecauseofsci ence.Al sobecauseofsci enceIcant aste
delici
ousf ood,Icanwearbeaut if
ulcl
othesandIcancommuni catehow
fartheper sonis.Whenev erIgethot ,
Icanj ustturnont hef an, whenev erI
wantt omakemy selfsmel lgoodIcanwashmybodywi thsoapand
whenev erIwanttocookIcanj ustusel i
ghtersoragasst ov e.Thet hings
aroundmemakesensebecauseofsci ence,itexplai
nst hecur i
osit
yinmy
head.I thelpsmet ounder standandappr eci
atemor ethi ngst hatare
aroundme.I nshortev erythingthatwehav enowwasbecauseofsci ence
andi tjustmeanst hatweusesci enceinourev erydaylif
ewi thoutknowi ng
i
t.