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Scientific Evidence

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==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
'''Scientific Evidence''' is the observations and measurements a [[scientist]] gets from an [[investigation]].: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Scientific Evidence''': Plural [[Noun]]: '''Scientific Evidence'''
===About Evidence===
: There are different kinds of '''evidence''' but scientists don't trust all of them.
: In science '''evidence''' must be [[repeatable]]. If you make an observation or measurement once, you should be able to do it again and again and the [[results]] shouldn't change.
: In science '''evidence''' must be [[reproducible]]. So if one person [[scientist]] makes an [[Observe|observation]] or [[Measure|measurement]], every other [[scientist ]] in the world should be able to make the same [[Observe|observation]]. If they cannot; then scientists [[scientist]]s don't accept it as good '''scientific evidence'''.
===Examples===
==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
[['''Scientific Evidence]] ''' is the [[observation]]s, [[Reading|readings]] or [[Measure|measurements]] that a [[scientist]] will use to test whether a [[hypothesis]] is correct.
===About Evidence===
: There are different kinds of [['''evidence]] ''' but scientists don't trust all of them.: In science [['''evidence]] ''' must be [[repeatable]]. If you make an [[observation]] or [[measure]]ment once, you should be able to do it again and again and the [[results]] shouldn't change.: In science [['''evidence]] ''' must be [[reproducible]]. So if one person [[scientist]] makes an [[Observe|observation]] or [[Measure|measurement]], every other [[scientist ]] in the world should be able to make the same [[Observe|observation]]. If they cannot; then scientists [[scientist]]s don't accept it as good [['''scientific evidence]]'''.
: Stories, or [[observe|observations]] made by non-scientists, that cannot be [[repeatable|repeated]] are called [[Anecdotal Evidence|anecdotal evidence]] which is not accepted by scientists because people could have made a mistake or be lying.