Re: reality vs. science fair vs. hypothesis testing

[William Beaty <billb@ESKIMO.COM>]

John Denker <jsd@MONMOUTH.COM> wrote:
> At 11:05 AM 9/24/99 -0400, Michael Edmiston wrote:
> > my daughter ... wanted to learn how amplifiers work and
> > then try to build an amplifier for her guitar.  That type of project is
> > absolutely not allowed in our local science fair.
<snip>
> I object to the term "the scientific method" because it implies that there
> is only one method that scientists use.  In fact we have oodles of
> different methods.  Hypothesis testing is one of them.  It tends to be
> useful relatively late in the game, when we mostly know what is going on.
<snip>

> Reading the list of projects from previous years might give you other ideas.

There's a great one at:

   List of Advanced Projects from King's School UK
   http://www.ksw.org.uk/physics/1_curric/investigations/past_investigations.html


Also:

  SCIENCE FAIR IDEAS EXCHANGE
   http://www.halcyon.com/sciclub/





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