The scientific method is used on a daily basis all around us, we just have to pay attention to what we are doing. We all learned the scientific method in grade school; Define the problem, observe, form hypothesis, experiment, analyze data,form a conclusion, and communicate. Every morning I go through these steps when I am getting ready for school, just not as in depth. When I wake up have the same question every morning, what am I going to wear today? This, as you can tell, is my problem(1).
I look out the window every morning to see if there is frost on my car window, observing(2). If it's summer and there is no frost on my car, but fog. My hypothesis(3) would be it's probably going to be hot today. My experiment isn't the same as the ones in biology. For my experimentation(4) I take the dogs out side in the morning, by doing this I can use my own senses to decide if it's hot or cold. I then like to turn on the news and see what their opinion of the weather is for the day, collecting and analyzing the data(5) I a presented with. Depending on the local news station and whether or not I have practice after school, I can now decide what I am going to wear for the day. My conclusion(6) on a warm morning is typically shorts and a short sleave shirt. There is not really a communication (7)of peers is this instance, my friends can see what I am going to wear, no reason to beat the dead horse.
Good entry. You grasped what I was asking.
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