Science Common Sense
524 - What is the role of experimentation in understanding science?
Experimentation is a way scientists figure out how things work and test their ideas. It's like trying out a recipe - if you change one ingredient, what happens?
When scientists do an experiment, they:
- Think of a question or a problem to solve.
- Come up with a plan to test their idea (called a hypothesis).
- Try the experiment to see what happens.
- Look at the results to see if their idea was correct.
- Change the experiment to see if they can get a different result.
This process helps scientists learn, understand, and sometimes discover new things. It's how we know about gravity, how plants grow, and many other cool science facts.