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Hi! I need to explain how our life would be different without scientific method. HELP

Well, what are the steps of the scientific method?
How would our lives be different without each one?
My favorite example would be the last step: communication. The last step in the method is to tell the world the experiment you did and what you found so no one has to waste time doing it again when someone has already found the answer. If no one told anyone else the things they discovered, people would keep repeating the same mistakes. And think about what THAT would mean...

Hello!

Communicating results is definitely a super important part of the scientific method to talk about! Communication allows other scientists to review your results using their own expertise to help you better your experiment, or they can repeat it themselves to make sure your results are valid. Communicating your findings also allows scientists to build connections with other scientists in their fields, and learn to convey their findings to the general public to inform regular people (non-researchers or non-scientists) of new findings and advancements.

However, making observations during an experiment is also an essential part of the scientific method that scientists would be lost without because everyone sees the world in a different way. So, you might make an observation about color, whereas another person may observe the shape of an object. Different people notice different characteristics, and this attention to a variety of the small details of an experiment is important for making sure experiments are accurate, and there are no errors in the experiment. For instance, if someone was to notice an error in the procedure of an experiment, like measuring something an inch larger than it really is, the experiment could be corrected, and re-performed to produce accurate results. If scientists don't take the time to carefully observe all parts of an experiment such as procedure, data, and results, it could lead to experiments that will not produce accurate results to later communicate. Small details can sometimes lead to even more questions and further experiments, too. Without careful observation, scientific data would be extremely inaccurate.

Maybe try a google search for a topic of science you are interested in, and look through a famous related experiment. Try to understand how each step of the scientific method helped that scientist come to the final results of the experiment, and why that experiment's use of the scientific method allowed the experiment to have such a great impact.

Here is a link to further describe each step of the scientific method:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... fic-method

Hope this helps!
-cnoonan180