The way that I applied the steps of the scientific method in the activity, was first I made an observation that my car wasn’t starting. After I made the observation, I came up with a couple hypotheses as to why the car wasn’t starting, I came up with electrical problems. I came up with the prediction that if I changed the spark plugs that would make the car start. I than performed an experiment by changing the spark plugs. After changing the spark plugs, the car still wouldn’t start. The fact that the car still wouldn’t start after changing the spark plugs refuted my hypothesis. I than came up with another prediction, that if I changed the fuses that that would fix the problem. After I made my prediction I performed the experiment by changing the fuses. After I changed the fuses the car started. The fact that the car started after I changed the fuses supported my hypotheses that the problem was indeed an electrical problem.

A real life problem where I had to use the scientific method to solve it, was the morning when I woke up and made an observation, that after several attempts to dial out on my phone, I couldn’t dial out. After I made the observation that my phone wasn’t working, I asked myself the question why my phone wasn’t working. I came up with a couple of hypotheses to the problem. The first hypotheses I came up with, was that I didn’t have any minutes on my phone. I then came up with the prediction that if I was to put minutes on my phone, that that would fix the problem and I would be able to dial out on my phone. I performed the experiment by purchasing a minute card and uploading the minutes off the card on to my phone. After I put the minuets on my phone I attempted to make a call and I was able to make my call. The fact that I was able to make my call supported my hypotheses that I needed minuets on my