Not all claims are

scientific Understand what

Questions to ask
science is Did the person making the claim
use the scientific method?
Title: Concept Map Science: Is an enterprise that builds
and organizes knowledge in the form of
By: Yvette Cribb testable explanations and predictions Are their claims supported by
about the world. credible sources?
Pseudoscience: is a claim, belif or
practice which is presented as scientific Can their experiments be
but lacks the valid scientific repeated with similar results?
methodology or supporting evidence
Main Idea or Thesis

Questions to ask.
It is vital for students to be able to
question scientific claims.
Who is making the claim

How did they conduct their

research

Why do they make the claim they

do?

Reason #3
Questions to ask

Does their claim follow reason?

What flaws can be found in their

logic?

What questions does their claim

raise?