Think Like a Scientist WRITE LIKE A SCIENTIST Philip Wolny Britannica Educational Publishing IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROSEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
CHAPTER 1 THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD Scientists ask questions We sometimes call that scientific inquiry Scientists often inquire about problems they want to solve For any problem they try to understand a cause so they can come up with a solution By learning what causes a disease for example scientists can work to control its spread Then they might try to cure it These geologists are taking water readings while doing fieldwork Geologists study Earth’s physical features and history
or school How is a scientific problem different from a problem you might have at home The process that scientists use to solve problems is called the scientific method They find out as much as possible about some thing Then they make a hypothesis an attempt to explain the problem They test the hypothesis with an experiment Then they collect and analyze the results or the data If the experiment does not support the hypothesis the scientists think about the problem again and develop a new hypothesis They then test that A hypothesis is an attempt to solve or explain a scientific problem 55 55 THINK ABOUT IT VOCABULARY
