Natural Sciences Essay Ideas

1. Facts are needed to establish theories but theories are 

needed to make sense of Facts

From this prompt, an essay can be written. The facts and theories below are some examples:

• Evolution, as a fact, gathered by various observations and theories, itself proposed and founded the theory of natural selection to explain the mechanisms of evolution

• From observations gathered by Neil Bohr about the number of electron pairs surrounding their central atoms, the Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory was launched, in which is a chemical model used to predict the geometry of individual molecules – this then helps to make sense of the arrangement and number of valence electrons

• Referring to experimental data gathered by Mendel, observations about the colors of pea plants were made, which led to the establishment of his inheritance theory to make sense of the genetic passing of traits onto offspring in regards to color

 2. Given access to the same facts, how is it possible that there  can be disagreement between experts in a discipline?

From this prompt, an essay can be written. Some ideas are presented below:

• Various experts within a discipline, despite being given access to the same facts, might have altered interpretations due to personal experience, resulting in disagreement - in the essay, expand on how personal experience can do that by referring to real-life examples

• Due to diverse observations collected through separate pieces of evidence gathered within personal experiments and studies, diverse theories arise from the same facts, which results in a clash between experts in a discipline - in the essay discuss more about how different theories arise from the same facts as a result of evidence

• Some experts might even disagree with the facts themselves, which then results in diverse beliefs and theories within a discipline that can easily go against the theories of other experts - in the essay, explore the validity of the facts and the birth of diverse theories as a result of that