Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapter 1 and 2
- Lesson
- Minimum of 1 scholarly source
Initial Post Instructions
The Discussions in this course are set up deepen your understanding of the material as you make real world connections and employ creative thinking. To get the most from these discussions, full engagement is expected on the part of the student. Be sure to stop by the discussion section frequently, not only to post, but to read the postings of your peers and instructor. Engaging with your peers and learning together is key to this experience. For you initial post, choose one of the options below:
Option 1:
We will begin this topic by practicing the use of the scientific method. The steps of the scientific method are: observation, hypothesis, experiment, results, and theory. Using your understanding of the scientific method from your readings and lessons, you will be applying this knowledge to a real world situation. Take a real world scenario in the news, or another outside source and apply the scientific method, being sure to detail the controls on your experiment. Describe a result that would confirm your hypothesis.
Option 2:
Choose a scientific paper written in the last year. The Chamberlain library is a great source for this. For your chosen paper, look into the study and discuss how the scientific method was used in this paper. Be sure to note they hypothesis, variables, results, etc. Based on your understanding of the scientific method, be sure to discuss if you find this paper as a trustworthy source and why.
ANSWER:
“The scientific method is broken into steps which are: observation, hypothesis, experiment, results, and theory” (Steps of the Scientific Method 2020). These steps are in direct order of the process and allow for experiments to have a foundation on the way they are conducted for the best and most valid results. One of the most prominent news today is the global pandemic Covid-19 a great experiment that could be done today would be to test for the rate of spread in indoor dining vs outdoor dining. “COVID-19 is mostly spread by respiratory droplets released when people talk, cough, or sneeze. It is thought that the virus may spread to hands from a contaminated surface and then to the nose or mouth, causing continue reading …