What is the Scientific Method?
The word scientific is thrown around a lot . But what is the scientific method?
Science Buddies explains it very well.
The scientific method is a process for experimentation that is used to explore observations and answer questions.
But it is not all or nothing. Surprisingly, scientific method can't be applied to all areas of science study.
scientists studying how stars change as they age or how dinosaurs digested their food cannot fast-forward a star's life by a million years or run medical exams on feeding dinosaurs to test their hypotheses.
But the basic steps remain the same:
- Ask a Question
- Do Background Research
- Construct a Hypothesis
- Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment
- Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion
- Communicate Your Results