... Evolution and theNatureofScience Dialogue TEACHING ABOUT THENATUREOFSCIENCE In the following vignette, Barbara, Doug, and Karen use a model to continue their discussion ofthenatureofscience ... show the relative positions and movements ofthe sun, planets, and moon as they circled the earth As the center ofthe universe, the earth was a sphere in the center ofthe orrery The other celestial ... been the discovery ofthe vast expanse of geologic time Early methods of calculating the age ofthe earth relied on measures ofthe rate of sedimentation or the cooling ofthe earth from an initially...
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... thing is to focus on the big picture, or on the subject ofthe passage In many ways, the reading passages in thescience part ofthe GED are the same as the reading passages in other areas One important ... on which the supplement was used, then the causes of growth most likely are not linked to the supplement In this example, there would be two variables— the use ofthe supplement and the plant ... Strategies for the GED Science Exam IN THIS chapter, you will briefly review some tips you can use on the GED Science Exam Several tips apply to other sections ofthe GED as well N have reviewed the information...
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... interest in it Science writers and editors needn’t start off knowing much science Some ofthe best of them do, but some ofthe best of them don’t They must, though, be able to learn science, be ... intelligent questions, and shake off the high intimidation quotient of a dense, jargon-laden article in the Proceedings ofthe National Academy of Sciences Elise was a member of this breed; she was an ... count, too But rather of a rich sensibility of respect For language For ideas For people For the surprising and the deliciously weird in us all And most of all, respect for the world, the endlessly...
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... parties, people often tell me that they have decided they want to be writers, and they’ll get started as soon as they have more time, or when they have their study fixed up, or when they get a new ... way of Being that in turn gives rise to appropriate Doing You can spot the best mentors, like the best parents and the best shrinks, because their former protégés are out there doing the work They ... they can afford to go back to school, or after the precession ofthe equinoxes, or something When I was still an editor, a few would even say they’d get started when they had an assignment, then...
... Another whole class of story ideas arrives from the other direction: from outside the world of research, in the form of a question, observation, or piece of news.To understand the phenomenon then ... Stories 33 Ideas into Words 34 as for the rest of us, ideas spark each other off, showing their full size only as they connect Sometimes it’s hard to know what you think till someone asks the right ... Well, you get the picture Spot what appeals to the visual sense Today’s technology lets us look at everything from the eyes of flies to the birth of stars, from the bottom ofthe ocean to the everyday...