I found this website that was filled with science resources for both the home as well as at school. As an Education major, I find this website to be especially useful for the future. The link takes you to a discussion page about the scientific process being used in everyday life which I find important as that is what we have been talking about in class (and that’s what this class is all about– Science of Everyday Things!)
https://www.sciencebuddies.org//science-fair-projects/ask-an-expert/viewtopic.php?t=9272
This article is for my own personal use to look back on to help me differentiate between laws and theories. It’s from the Ted Talks website which I enjoy listening to Ted Talks. The article helps me understand that Laws are an unchanging simple set of actions that are made from an observation while a theory is an ongoing change as more evidence is gathered. It’s an explanation of an aspect of the natural world and cannot change anything, but is supported by evidence.
This link is an article about how one of Stephen Hawking’s theories about black holes has recently just been “proven.” To test this theory, scientists created a replica of a black hole and tested his theory that black holes “emit some kind of radiation.” The article ends by saying this theory will only officially become a law if the test can be repeated and improved before confirming it a law.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a26008921/scientists-experiments-hawking-radiation/
This article explains 10 theories that were debunked. I find it interesting because I tend to assume that one day a theory will become a law until tested enough times to become a law… not theories becoming tested to be false.
