The scientific method is usually produced in the following order: asking questions, making observations, forming a hypothesis and making a prediction, and finally, testing and making a conclusion. Scientists use the five Ws (Who, What, When, Where, Why) to make compelling questions to lead the investigation. Most people think of science as a collection of facts or a body of knowledge. For example, you may have memorized the processes of the water cycle. The processes include evaporation and precipitation. Such knowledge of the natural world is only part of what science is.     Science is as... Show more

The scientific method is usually produced in the following order: asking questions, making observations, forming a hypothesis and making a prediction, and finally, testing and making a conclusion. Scientists use the five Ws (Who, What, When, Where, Why) to make compelling questions to lead the investigation.

Most people think of science as a collection of facts or a body of knowledge. For example, you may have memorized the processes of the water cycle. The processes include evaporation and precipitation. Such knowledge of the natural world is only part of what science is.    
Science is as much about doing as knowing. Science is a way of learning about the natural world that depends on evidence, reasoning, and repeated testing.

Scientists explain the world based on their observations. If they develop new ideas about the way the world works, they set up ways to test these new ideas. Scientific knowledge keeps changing because scientists are always “doing science.”  

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