Difference between revisions of "Evidence"

Latest revision as of 16:15, 6 December 2019

Key Stage 2

Meaning

Evidence is anything which proves an idea is true.

Singular Noun: Evidence

Plural Noun: Evidence

Meaning

When a person makes a claim, others will ask for evidence that it is true. If someone told you that broccoli ice cream tasted good, you may want to test it yourself before you believe them.

There are many different kinds of evidence.

Some evidence is strong and other evidence is weak.

Strong evidence would be showing that something is true with an experiment.

Weak evidence would be believing something because someone told you it was true.

Key Stage 3

Meaning

Evidence is anything which proves an idea is true.

Singular Noun: Evidence

Plural Noun: Evidence

Meaning

When a person makes a claim, others will ask for evidence that it is true.

There are many different kinds of evidence:

Scientific Evidence - The observations, readings or measurements that a scientist will use to test whether a hypothesis is correct.
- Empirical Evidence - A type of Scientific Evidence that relies on an experiment which can be repeated to get the same results and reproduced by others to get the same results.
- Observational Evidence - A type of Scientific Evidence that relies on observations which an be repeated to get the same results and reproduced by others to get the same results.
Non-scientific Evidence - Evidence which can be repeated or reproduced.
- Anecdotal Evidence - A type of non-scientific evidence that relies on someones personal experience which cannot be repeated or reproduced so no one can double check if it's true.

Key Stage 4

Meaning

Evidence is anything which proves an idea is true.

Singular Noun: Evidence

Plural Noun: Evidence

Meaning

When a person makes a claim, others will ask for evidence that it is true.

There are many different kinds of evidence:

Scientific Evidence - any observations or results that are repeatable, reproducible and valid to prove or disprove a hypothesis.
- Empirical Evidence - A type of Scientific Evidence that relies on an experiment with tightly controlled variables which can be repeated to get the same results and reproduced by others to get the same results.
- Observational Evidence - A type of Scientific Evidence that relies on observations without the ability to control variables but can be repeated to get the same results and reproduced by others to get the same results.
Non-scientific Evidence - Evidence which can be repeated or reproduced.
- Anecdotal Evidence - A type of non-scientific evidence that relies on someones personal experience which cannot be repeated or reproduced so no one can double check if it's true.
- Intuition - Ideas that seem true because they make sense are not counted as scientific evidence. Just because something seems reasonable, interesting or makes sense does not mean it is true.
- Tradition - Ideas that have been passed on through generations. Just because many people say something is true, doesn't mean it is true. Such ideas were usually made thousands of years ago at a time when the wheelbarrow would have seemed like a state of the art invention and most people believed disease was caused by demons.

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 ==Key Stage 2==
 ===Meaning===
-'''Evidence''' is the observations and measurements a [[scientist]] gets from an [[investigation]].
+'''Evidence''' is anything which proves an idea is true.
 : Singular [[Noun]]: '''Evidence'''
 : Plural [[Noun]]: '''Evidence'''
-===About Evidence===
+===Meaning===
-: There are different kinds of '''evidence''' but scientists don't trust all of them.
+: When a person makes a claim, others will ask for '''evidence''' that it is true. If someone told you that broccoli ice cream tasted good, you may want to test it yourself before you believe 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.
+: There are many different kinds of [[evidence]].
-: In science '''evidence''' must be [[reproducible]]. So if one person 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 don't accept it as good evidence.
+: Some [[evidence]] is strong and other evidence is weak.
+: Strong [[evidence]] would be showing that something is true with an experiment.
+: Weak [[evidence]] would be believing something because someone told you it was true.
-==Examples==
+==Key Stage 3==
+===Meaning===
+'''Evidence''' is anything which proves an idea is true.
+: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Evidence'''
+: Plural [[Noun]]: '''Evidence'''
-{| class="wikitable"
+===Meaning===
-|-
+: When a person makes a claim, others will ask for '''evidence''' that it is true.
-|'''Claim'''
+: There are many different kinds of [[evidence]]:
-|'''Evidence'''
+:*[[Scientific Evidence]] - The [[observation]]s, [[Reading|readings]] or [[Measure|measurements]] that a [[scientist]] will use to test whether a [[hypothesis]] is correct.
-|-
+:**[[Empirical Evidence]] - A type of [[Scientific Evidence]] that relies on an [[experiment]] which can be [[repeatable|repeated]] to get the same [[results]] and [[reproducible|reproduced]] by others to get the same [[results]].
-| style="height:50px; width:200px; text-align:center;" | Plants need water to live.
+:**[[Observational Evidence]] - A type of [[Scientific Evidence]] that relies on [[observation]]s which an be [[repeatable|repeated]] to get the same [[results]] and [[reproducible|reproduced]] by others to get the same [[results]].
-| style="height:50px; width:200px; text-align:center;" | Plants in dry soil wilt and then die.
+:*Non-scientific Evidence - [[Evidence]] which can be [[repeatable|repeated]] or [[reproducible|reproduced]].
-|-
+:**[[Anecdotal Evidence]] - A type of non-scientific evidence that relies on someones personal experience which cannot be [[repeatable|repeated]] or [[reproducible|reproduced]] so no one can double check if it's true.
-| style="height:50px; width:200px; text-align:center;" | Paper is flammable.
-| style="height:50px; width:200px; text-align:center;" | When you place a flame under paper the paper catches fire.
-|-
-| style="height:50px; width:200px; text-align:center;" | Cats are mammals.
-| style="height:50px; width:200px; text-align:center;" | They have fur, they give birth to live babies, they feed their babies with milk.
-|}
+==Key Stage 4==
+===Meaning===
+'''Evidence''' is anything which proves an idea is true.
+: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Evidence'''
+: Plural [[Noun]]: '''Evidence'''
-==Key Stage 3==
 ===Meaning===
-[[Evidence]] is the [[observation]]s, [[Reading|readings]] or [[Measure|measurements]] that a [[scientist]] will use to test whether a [[hypothesis]] is correct.
+: When a person makes a claim, others will ask for '''evidence''' that it is true.
+: There are many different kinds of [[evidence]]:
+:*[[Scientific Evidence]] - any [[observation]]s or [[results]] that are [[repeatable]], [[reproducible]] and [[valid]] to prove or disprove a [[hypothesis]].
+:**[[Empirical Evidence]] - A type of [[Scientific Evidence]] that relies on an [[experiment]] with tightly [[Control Variable|controlled variables]] which can be [[repeatable|repeated]] to get the same [[results]] and [[reproducible|reproduced]] by others to get the same [[results]].
+:**[[Observational Evidence]] - A type of [[Scientific Evidence]] that relies on [[observation]]s without the ability to [[Control Variable|control variables]] but can be [[repeatable|repeated]] to get the same [[results]] and [[reproducible|reproduced]] by others to get the same [[results]].
+:*Non-scientific Evidence - [[Evidence]] which can be [[repeatable|repeated]] or [[reproducible|reproduced]].
+:**[[Anecdotal Evidence]] - A type of non-scientific evidence that relies on someones personal experience which cannot be [[repeatable|repeated]] or [[reproducible|reproduced]] so no one can double check if it's true.
+:**Intuition - Ideas that seem true because they make sense are not counted as '''scientific evidence'''. Just because something seems reasonable, interesting or makes sense does not mean it is true.
+:**Tradition - Ideas that have been passed on through generations. Just because many people say something is true, doesn't mean it is true. Such ideas were usually made thousands of years ago at a time when the wheelbarrow would have seemed like a state of the art invention and most people believed disease was caused by demons.
+===References===
+====AQA====
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359381/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359381&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=47c8d1ae58d8b3a5e2094cd447154558 ''Evidence, page 270, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/019835939X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=019835939X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=57e96876985fc39b1a3d8a3e3dc238b6 ''Evidence, page 282, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
+====Edexcel====
-===About Evidence===
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945733/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945733&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=2a2dbec9db6bf5766c0458d908fa0a52 ''Evidence, page 2, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
-: There are different kinds of [[evidence]] but scientists don't trust all of them.
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945725/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945725&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=694be7494de75af3349537d34e13f7f0 ''Evidence, pages 2, 3, 5, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
-: 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.
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948147/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948147&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f63dcd8345f4e49c717b39a228a36c7c ''Evidence, pages 2-6, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel  '']
-: In science [[evidence]] must be [[reproducible]]. So if one person 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 don't accept it as good [[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.
-===Examples===
+====OCR====
-The Earth is Round:
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945695/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945695&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ceafcc80bcad6b6754ee97a0c7ceea53 ''Evidence, page 1, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR '']
-Observation - The tip of a mast always appears before the rest of the ship on an ocean.
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945679/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945679&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a2db42f7b4bdf10cafaafa3bb9120940 ''Evidence, pages 2, 3, 5, Gateway GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR '']
-Measurements - On the 23rd of June a stick at the equator has no shadow. In Alexandria the shadow is 3cm long, in Paris it is 5cm long and in London the shadow is 8cm long.

Difference between revisions of "Evidence"

Latest revision as of 16:15, 6 December 2019

Contents

Key Stage 2

Meaning

Meaning

Key Stage 3

Meaning

Meaning

Key Stage 4

Meaning

Meaning

References

AQA

Edexcel

OCR