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cenario 1

You arrive home late at night. You walk up to the front door, unlock it, and reach in to turn on the light switch located just inside the front door. The light does not come on! Now what?

Using the 5 steps of the Scientific Method (Problem, Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment,

and Conclusion) will allow us to come to a full experimented conclusion about what has

happened, why it has happened and how we can fix the problem if there persists to be one. In

the provided scenario, the lights will not come one. We will apply the scientific method to come

to a conclusion as to why.

Problem:

There seems to be lack of or no energy going to the lighting circuit which prohibits the

lighting fixture to create enough energy to produce light. In simpler a simpler term, the lights

aint working! The question that will be asked is: “Why aren’t my lights coming on?!?”

Observations:

We will now observe the matter now that we know what the problem is. To observe this

matter, we will ask further questions as to why the lights may not be coming on. Is there a black

out in the neighborhood? Is the electric breaker to my house turned off? Does my bulb need to

be changed? Is my electric bill overdue? These questions will lead us to form a hypothesis.

Hypothesis:

After observing the matter and asking questions about why the matter is what it is, we are

now equipped to form a hypothesis about the matter. In this hypothesis we will take a guess and

say that the light bulb needs to be replaced. Maybe it has blown out from being clicked on/off

overtime.

Experiment:

After forming our guessing hypothesis we have decided to conduct an experiment based on

our observations and guess. In this experiment we will have to use our phone to guide us to the

nearest room with a lamp in it. But wait, the lights aren’t coming on in this room either!

Back to Observations:

Earlier we...