SCIENCE MEETS REALITY

Science Meets Real Life



Science Meets Real Life

Introduction

Science has become an essential ingredient of human's lives, one we can certainly not live without. With all its profound blessings and virtues, life becomes easy and convenient. While the concept of scientific methods mean differently in different scenarios, let us see how science contributes towards the effectiveness of human life and existence.

Part I: Scientific Method

A scientific method is a procedure utilized to examine an observation, solve a problem, and test hypothesis, using a definite methodology or systematic inference procedures (Russell, 1985).

The Steps of Scientific Method

There are five steps of scientific methods to conduct an experiment or for solving a problem. Those steps are as follows:

Stating the Problem

Making observations based on scenario

Forming a hypothesis

Conducting the experiment

Drawing conclusions

We will implement the above mentioned steps in the two given scenarios.

Scenario I

Stating the Problem

The problem here is that the light does not come on when the bulb is switched on.

Making Observations based on problem

To confirm the problem, turning the switch off and on again is also an observation part. Through observation of a problem, the scientific methods are set in motion (Gower, 2007). Exploring the reasons of the problem is also a part of the observation stage of the scientific method. It can be possible that bulb is burnt or may be there is no electricity for the bulb.

Forming a Hypothesis

A hypothesis is a supposition as to why the problem occurred. The light did not come out as the bulb burned out. The hypothesis for this scenario is as follows:

Hypothesis statement: “The bulb has burned out and by changing the bulb, the light will turn on.”

Conducting the Experiment

To conclude if the hypothesis and observations are correct, an experiment needs to be conducted. In this scenario, the experiment would be to buy a new bulb and replace it will the old one. To see the result of the experiment, we turn the switch on. The light comes on by switching on the bulb.

Conclusions

The new bulb works effectively with light as compared to the old one. Hence, we replace the old bulb with the new one. This experiment proved that the bulb was burned out and the light came on by replacing it with a new bulb. Our result is finally in agreement with our hypothesis that set before.

Scenario II

There can be many incidences in ...