Scientific Method
The scientific method is a procedure that is designed to solve a problem. The typical problem solving method is:
1) Define the problem - Make observations and decide what needs to be solved.
2) Hypothesis - Form an “educated guess” as to how to solve the problem.
3) Experiment - Design a procedure to test your hypothesis and then conduct the procedure.
4) Observations - During the experiment, write down anything that you notice about experimental results.
5) Data Collecting - Write down numbers or rewrite observations to show the results of the experiment,
6) Conclusion - Analyze data and determine whether the hypothesis was accurate or not. If the hypothesis failed, you must go back to step 2 and start the process again until hypothesis fits the results.
Once an experiment is conducted a number of times by many people, a theory could be developed. A theory is an explanation of a result that is based on many observations and experiments. Theories are simply explanations of phenomenon. A theory could be proven incorrect, especially if an experiment were to prove it incorrect.
A scientific law, on the other hand, is a “rule of nature”, or something in nature that is always true or present. Gravity is a scientific law. There is no place in this universe where an experiment can occur where gravity will not affect it.
1) Define the problem - Make observations and decide what needs to be solved.
2) Hypothesis - Form an “educated guess” as to how to solve the problem.
3) Experiment - Design a procedure to test your hypothesis and then conduct the procedure.
4) Observations - During the experiment, write down anything that you notice about experimental results.
5) Data Collecting - Write down numbers or rewrite observations to show the results of the experiment,
6) Conclusion - Analyze data and determine whether the hypothesis was accurate or not. If the hypothesis failed, you must go back to step 2 and start the process again until hypothesis fits the results.
Once an experiment is conducted a number of times by many people, a theory could be developed. A theory is an explanation of a result that is based on many observations and experiments. Theories are simply explanations of phenomenon. A theory could be proven incorrect, especially if an experiment were to prove it incorrect.
A scientific law, on the other hand, is a “rule of nature”, or something in nature that is always true or present. Gravity is a scientific law. There is no place in this universe where an experiment can occur where gravity will not affect it.