Thursday, September 17, 2009

Scientific Revolution: The Scientific Method


The Scientific Revolution started after people thought of new ways of thinking about ideas of science. One of these ideas was from the ancient Greeks and Christians back during that time. They believe that our planet earth was the center of the universe and that the sun and planets each revolved around it. Scientists would try to prove or disprove each other by experimenting. They would test theories over and over. During the Scientific Revolution, scientists came up with more theories and did more testing as time went by. The ideas of science became more clear to them by doing this.

The scientific method has multiple steps. It is used when someone is trying to prove something by doing an experiment. Many people, including scientists, use this method when they want to test something. Some of the first people to use this were scientists during the Scientific Revolution. In order to use the scientific method, you must think of what you want to test first. A scientist named Galileo supposedly used this method when he stood on the Leaning Tower of Pisa to prove that two objects can fall at the same speed despite their weight differences. This can be an example of an experiment using the scientific method. Galileo started with his theory that two objects can fall at the same speed even though their weights are different. He had his hypothesis. He then tested over and over and disproved those who believed that two objects can't fall at the same speed if they have different weights. The scientific method starts with a theory. You would have to make observations with the information you already have about your theory. Then, you would make predictions and form an educated guess, or a hypothesis. The hypothesis would be what you think will happen when doing the tests and why. Next, you would experiment to test your hypothesis. Finally, you would observe what happens and see if your hypothesis was correct or not.

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