CMUThought Community Thought » Scientific Discussion http://www.cmuthought.com Building a Community One Thought at a Time Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:17:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Scientific Method http://www.cmuthought.com/2009/04/the-scientific-method/ http://www.cmuthought.com/2009/04/the-scientific-method/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:30:06 +0000 admin http://www.cmuthought.com/2006/12/the-scientific-method/ The scientific method can be used to solve almost any problem. By simply applying the principles you can plug in your specific problem.

The first step is state the problem: ” I need to grow more apples”

Second: Research the problem: What type of soil is needed? What type of climate is more conducive to the growth of apples? What type of fertilizer and pest control is needed?

Third: Form a Hypothesis: My orchard will produce 2 tons of apples.

Fourth: Perform an experiment to see if your hypothesis works. Testing different soils and conditions testing the production of a particular acreage of land

Fifth: Draw conclusions from the data.

 

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