THE NATURE OF SCIENCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Maintaining Credibility

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Safety
At an amusement park, safety is key on rides. Things have to be just perfect or the ride could blow up. Measurments the proper spees, it is all one big system that is very in depth and uses a lot of todays modern technology. One thing is wrong the results could be fatal.

Speed
If the speed on one turn of a rollercoaster track is 70mph. And on the next turn it is a symetrical turn and the rollercoaster hits it at 70.000000000000001mph, it is possible that the coaster could fly off the tracks, if not that maybe it will lean and come off and go back on the tracks. Timing has to be perfect at an amusement park or it could end up in death and serious injury.

Records
Another example of this is, if you have all the records of one rollercoaster, and itholds the highest height, the highest speed, and everything else, but there is one thing that is wrong, if one of the numbers is wrong you have a completely messed up record book. The information would be false and innacurate.

Accuracy
A third example could be, if you are at an amusement park and you go on the safest rollercoaster. If that rollercoaster suddenly broke and fell apart and everyone died, that rollercoaster would probably lose the title of the safest rollercoaster. The previous record would now probably be innacurate and the runner up of the safest rollercoaster would now be the safest rollercoaster and recieve the new title.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Sunshine State Standards 6-8

Science/The Nature of Science

Standard 1: The student uses the scientific processes and habits of mind to solve problems. (SC.H.1.3)

Objective 4: Knows that accurate record keeping, opennes and replication are essential to maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society.

Amusement Park Activity

Name of Activity - When you go to an amusement park, you can take a look at the records of the amusement park.

 

Did you know...

The longest roller coaster in the
world is the Steel Dragon 2000 at
Nagashima Spa Land in Japan.

Vocabulary

Credibility- The capability, quality,
or power to elicit belief.

Society- The totality of social
relationships among human beings.

Links

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