I understood from the video is that scientific theory has to be proven and supported by facts as it is supposed to be an educated guess and not just a random guess made baselessly. I learnt that science and laws have differing characteristics.A scientific theory is a coherent explanation for a large number of facts and observations about the natural world. One of the characteristics of a theory is that it is internally consistent and compatible with the evidence found as well as future evidence to be found. Theories are more certain than hypotheses, but less certain than laws. A scientific law is a description of a natural phenomenon or principle that invariably holds true under specific conditions and will occur under certain circumstances.
Knowing that scientific laws and theories are different, I would like to know how hypothesis also differ from the two. It would also be good to know what the procedures are to prove different hypothesis and theories.
I would be able to use different theories and laws so that my students are able to see an end objective. It would be good to show students how science can be made sense of through consistent experimentation and understanding of what scientists in the past have also discovered.
What is a scientific theory?
An example of a proven theory
A table of differences between theories and laws
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