1/25/2011 02:01:59 am. Hypothesis, Theory and Law PowerPoint and Notes Activity This Hypothesis, Theory and Law Activity can be used as supplement to your Scientific Method Unit as you help students to understand how scientific research moves from hypothesis, to theory and then on to a law. Reply. At the time it's made, no exceptions have been found to a law. This 1-day lesson includes:• 7 Displaying top 8 worksheets found for - Scientific Law Vs Theory. Law . A scientific law generalizes a body of observations. One way to tell a law and a theory apart is to ask if the description gives you the means to explain "why." Group 1 Gabe. By ArchonMagnus (Own work) CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Scientific Theory vs Scientific Law. Both laws and theories depend on basic elements of the scientific method, such as generating a hypothesis, testing that premise, finding (or not finding) empirical evidence and coming up with conclusions.Eventually, other scientists must be able to replicate the results if the experiment is destined to become the basis for a widely accepted law or theory. Scientific Laws often include a mathematical relationship observed in nature. Now that we understand the difference between an English theory and a scientific theory… A law isn’t better than a theory, or vice versa. Laws vs. Theories. Scientific laws explain things but they do not describe them. Scientists make theories about how things work and then they test them. Students will learn more about scientific theory and evidence with this activity. A theory does not change into a scientific law with the accumulation of new or better evidence. Examples of scientific laws (also called “laws of nature”) include the laws of thermodynamics, Boyle’s law of gasses, the laws of gravitation. Those examples would be a comparrison of scientific law and scientific theory. A scientific theory is virtually an educated guess based on observations and experiments whereas a scientific law is something that has been proven facts through experiments. A common misconception is that scientific theories are rudimentary ideas that will eventually graduate into scientific laws when enough data and evidence has been accumulated.