What is science?
Douglas Duncan
Science is
a process of trying to understand
the world by making models (or theories) which have predictive power. It usually involves:
• Observing
• Looking for patterns (which can be clues to
underlying laws)
This
may involve
- Sorting
- Classifying
- Measuring
• Suggesting an explanation (hypothesis) which
explains all the observations made so far AND
predicts new ones
• Making an experiment or collecting more data
which tests the prediction
• (If the experiment fails) Suggesting another
hypothesis, and trying another experiment....
• Telling others what you have discovered.