This lesson illustrates the process by which people can learn about the nature of living things.
Discovery Science
Studying the world around us by observing and measuring nature.
Inductive Reasoning
Used when a conclusion is formed from observations.
Hypothesis Science
A prediction is made about nature and an experiment is used to test the prediction.
Deductive Reasoning
A general prediction is used to gather specific experimental information.
Jane Goodall has used discovery science to study apes in the wild. Goodall's discoveries included the first toolmaking of a non-human.