Let us use the story of Water Alvarez and his investigation of what happened to the dinosaurs as a model for How Science Works. This story can be found on our course website or at http://undsci.berkeley.edu/lessons/pdfs/alvarez_wflow.pdf . We will focus on the role of communication and collaboration in the process of science, which is the lavender circle on the “How Science Works” flowchart found below.
- From Plate Tectonics to Paleontology
What was Walter’s “surprising observation” and what “question did he ask” as a result of this observation?