Unit 1 Science and Scientists Assessing Your Progress & Project课件-2023-2024学年高二英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Unit 1 Science and Scientists Assessing Your Progress & Project The scientist’s main task is to discover how things work in the universe. But few scientists have placed themselves under the __________. So even though the _______ scientific method, which mainly includes hypotheses, data collection, and statistical analysis, is written down, the method by which scientists come to _____ conclusions is hard to identify. Two of the essential qualities a scientist needs to have seem to be curiosity and creativity. People who are curious usually have a mixture of seemingly ___________ desires: They are looking for originality and yet they also want everything in its proper place. To settle the conflict between statistics and ______. Scientists often have Assessing Your Progress Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words below. microscope brilliant solid contradictory theory brilliant solid microscope finding contradictory gift astronomer theory 2 to be creative, and think outside the box—approach the problem from different directions. They must have a vivid imagination and a strong intuition in order for new _______ to be made. It echoes something the _________ Carl Sagan once said. He believes that every child “starts out as a scientist” and every child is _____ with the “sense of wonder and awe”. Assessing Your Progress brilliant solid microscope finding contradictory gift astronomer theory findings astronomer gifted 3 Assessing Your Progress Read the passage again and answer the following questions. 1. What does “think outside the box” mean? To approach the problem from different directions; to be creative. 2. What qualities can be added to the scientific spirit list according to this passage? Curiosity, creativity, a vivid imagination and a strong intuition, a sense of wonder and awe. 4 Science is simply _____ you can do. And doing science makes you a scientist！So, what do scientists do? Actually, what matters is not only