How to start on research?

tacoperson123
Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:17:03 +0000

Think of the scientific method. You can observe a problem that you see in your everyday life. For example, “Why does water rise when I put ice in it?” Then, you research some data, and try to organize an experiment. “For this experiment, I’m going to have two cups. One with regular water, and one that I’m going to drop two cubes of ice into.” You can then, make a hypothesis. “If I drop this ice cube in this cup of water, then the water will rise 1.5x because…” A good hypothesis consists of an If, Then, and Because statement. Then, you must conduct your experiment, get results, and form a conclusion. You can then publish the results, if needed. You can do that with basically anything in day-to-day life!