February 2, 2024) Richard Winter questions and challenges …

I was in the 9^th Grade Science Class… it was a new year, a new class. We were going to learn about experiments, how to find truth and how to test a hypothesis. And we were given directions –
(I’m sure you’ll remember something like this…)

• Define a question to investigate.
• Conduct research, make observations and collect data.
• Based on research and observations, come up with a hypothesis.
• Gather and analyse data, draw conclusions, make predictions.
• If you feel to, ask more ‘Why?’s.

Why?
To summarise this process you could say it’s a case of many Why? Why? Why? enquiries to make you wiser with each step until you finally get the truth in a repeatable way.

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