Organizing Information - Science Examples

Some scientists study what happened in the past. Scientists like to break up time into different periods just as historians do. Historians break down time according to what they know of what humans were doing. Scientists break down time according to what animals and other life on the planet where doing.

By breaking down our past into chronological order, scientists add a structure for making sense of the past. They use this approach so they can take all of the complicated things that have happened over a billion years and chunk it up into smaller manageable pieces that have some things in common. So using chronological order as an organizing device makes their job of discovering and uncovering facts more manageable. This organizing technique helps bring things into focus. It takes a lot of complex things and makes them simpler.

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Reference Links

Don't know when the dinosaurs roamed the earth? Check out our reference library section:

• Dinosaur Timeline

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• Space

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Reference Library links

• United States History Timeline - See how major historical events can be organized by century (i.e., date)
• Presidents of the United States - Chronological order based on their year of presidency
• The Pilgrims

Workbook Pages links

• Presidents of the United States - Presidents organized by time of presidency or chronological order