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==Key Stage 2==
 
==Key Stage 2==
 
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'''Evidence''' is the observations and measurements a [[scientist]] gets from an [[investigation]].
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'''Evidence''' is anything which proves an idea is true.
 
: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Evidence'''
 
: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Evidence'''
 
: Plural [[Noun]]: '''Evidence'''
 
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===About Evidence===
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===Meaning===
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: There are different kinds of evidence but scientists don't trust all of them.
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: 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.
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: 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 result shouldn't change.
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: There are many different kinds of [[evidence]].
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: In science evidence must be reproducible. So if one person makes an observation or measurement, every other scientist in the world should be able to make the same observation. If they cannot then scientists don't accept it as good evidence.
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: Some [[evidence]] is strong and other evidence is weak.
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: Strong [[evidence]] would be showing that something is true with an experiment.
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: Weak [[evidence]] would be believing something because someone told you it was true.
  
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==Examples==
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==Key Stage 3==
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===Meaning===
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'''Evidence''' is anything which proves an idea is true.
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: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Evidence'''
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: Plural [[Noun]]: '''Evidence'''
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===Meaning===
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: When a person makes a claim, others will ask for '''evidence''' that it is true.
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: There are many different kinds of [[evidence]]:
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:*[[Scientific Evidence]] - The [[observation]]s, [[Reading|readings]] or [[Measure|measurements]] that a [[scientist]] will use to test whether a [[hypothesis]] is correct.
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:**[[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]].
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:**[[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]].
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:*Non-scientific Evidence - [[Evidence]] which can be [[repeatable|repeated]] or [[reproducible|reproduced]].
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:**[[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.
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==Key Stage 4==
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===Meaning===
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'''Evidence''' is anything which proves an idea is true.
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: Plural [[Noun]]: '''Evidence'''
  
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: When a person makes a claim, others will ask for '''evidence''' that it is true.
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|'''Claim'''
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: There are many different kinds of [[evidence]]:
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|'''Evidence'''
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:*[[Scientific Evidence]] - any [[observation]]s or [[results]] that are [[repeatable]], [[reproducible]] and [[valid]] to prove or disprove a [[hypothesis]].
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:**[[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]].
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| style="height:50px; width:200px; text-align:center;" | Plants need water to live.
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:**[[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]].
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| style="height:50px; width:200px; text-align:center;" | Plants in dry soil wilt and then die.
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:*Non-scientific Evidence - [[Evidence]] which can be [[repeatable|repeated]] or [[reproducible|reproduced]].
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:**[[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.
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| style="height:50px; width:200px; text-align:center;" | Paper is flammable.
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:**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.
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| style="height:50px; width:200px; text-align:center;" | When you place a flame under paper the paper catches fire.
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:**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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| style="height:50px; width:200px; text-align:center;" | Cats are mammals.
 
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| style="height:50px; width:200px; text-align:center;" | They have fur, they give birth do live babies, they feed their babies with milk.
 
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===References===
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====AQA====
  
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==Key Stage 3==
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:[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 '']
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[[Observations]], [[Reading|readings]] or [[Measurement|measurements]] a [[scientist]] will use to test whether a [[hypothesis]] is correct.
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:[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 '']
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====Edexcel====
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:[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 '']
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:[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 '']
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:[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  '']
  
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The Earth is Round:
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====OCR====
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Observation - The tip of a mast always appears before the rest of the ship on an ocean.
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:[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 '']
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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.
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:[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 '']

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:

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:

References

AQA

Evidence, page 270, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
Evidence, page 282, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA

Edexcel

Evidence, page 2, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
Evidence, pages 2, 3, 5, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
Evidence, pages 2-6, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel

OCR

Evidence, page 1, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Evidence, pages 2, 3, 5, Gateway GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
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