The Scientific Method

Note: This lesson was conducted on the 8th January 2014

We learnt about the Scientific Method. The Scientific Method is used by researchers to support or disprove a theory. This method helps to answer questions that are scientific.

The Scientific method involves the following steps:

1. Observation - You observe something using senses.
2. Question - You ask a question on what you observe.
3. Hypothesis - You predict what you think the answer might be.
4. Method - You figure out a way to test whether your hypothesis is correct. Make sure that the result is quantifiable.
5. Result - You do the experiment using the method you cane up with and record the results. Repeat the experiment to confirm the results.
6. Conclusion - You state whether your prediction was confirmed or not and explain it. 

Sometimes, if the hypothesis is wrong, you need to repeat the entire method all over again. This is very useful when doing the experiments.