Doing Science Doing Science September is the start of another school year and a great time to think about doing science. Science is a different way of learning about the world. It uses your own observations and experiments, instead of looking things up. This month's activity is to design and do your own experiment. Make sure you check with an adult before doing any experiment to make sure your plan is a safe one.
Scientists start by asking a question.
This can be a really hard step for students. Scientists usually look up what other scientists have found out about the subject before planning their experiments. This may not be a good idea for students since it may answer their questions without giving them a chance to do their own experiments. Or it can give students a chance to varify what others have found, an important step in science. Many people think that scientists always make a guess or hypothesis about what the experiment results will be, but this isn't really the way scientists work.