science experiments
Controlled hypothesis tests
Science experiments are tests designed to investigate how the natural world works, typically by manipulating variables and observing results.
The term often evokes school projects—baking soda volcanoes, growing beans in cups—but applies equally to rigorous laboratory research.
We did science experiments with magnets in third grade.
The phrase emphasizes hands-on investigation over passive learning.
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- dataFacts for analysis
- scientific methodStructured process for investigation
- simulationImitation of real processes
hypothesis · studies · analysis · variables · results · test results · peer review · reproducibility · test tube · Bunsen burner · measurement · microscope · control · data collection · replication · chemical reactions · goggles · bubbling
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science experimentsguesswork
Conclusions drawn without proof
trial and error · wild guesses · blind faith · conjecture · intuition
science experimentsdogma
Unchallengeable official beliefs
opinion · received wisdom · revelation · tradition · ideology
science experimentsbook learning
Knowledge from study
pure mathematics · thought experiments · meditation · creative writing
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