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CRW8/COMPUTER8

ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS

1. Knowledge cannot exist separately from the society and environment in which it is constructed.

2. The systematic method by which knowledge is created and discovered has value.

3. Everyone is a creator and consumer of knowledge.

4. The creator of knowledge has responsibilities within the discipline and throughout society.

5. Technology has inherently changed man and therefore society.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

1. How does the Scientific Method apply to or facilitate the creation of knowledge?

2. How has the development of technology changed society?

3. What ethical responsibilities do people who construct and apply knowledge have to society?

4. What feelings do scientists have about their ethical responsibilities in regard to research?

5. What ethical responsibilities do scientists have in the construction and application of knowledge? How has the creation of new technologies changed the way man lives and thinks?

crw8/essentailquestions/cjshs/rev. 10-20-03