Science. What do you think of when you hear the word? For such a simple word, it often conjures images of things that are so complicated that we wonder how anyone can understand them or why they would want to. Actually, science is a basic part of our lives. You have been doing science all your life. You just didn't call it science.

Overview

What is Science?
Why do we have to study science? What good is it? For that matter, what is it? That question, "What is science?", is a very good one, and not easy to answer.

• The Natural World
• Observation
• Answers to Observation video
• Observations on a Cookie.
• Objective
• Experiment
• Scientific Thought and Creative Thinking, Part 1
• Scientific Thought and Creative Thinking, Part 2
• Scientific Thought and Creative Thinking, Part 3
• Repetition and Replication
• Gather and Organize
• Self Correcting

What Do Scientists Do?
You may be surprised to find out that many of the people you know are really scientists.

• Observe an Expert Scientist

Hypotheses, Laws, and Theories

• What is a Hypothesis?
• Is Gravity a Law or a Theory?
• When Does a Theory Become a Law?