How Science Process Skills Can Help Us in Our Daily Life

1. How science process skills can help us in our daily life? Cite three life situations.
The purpose of science education is to enable individuals to use scientific process skills; in other
words, to be able to define the problems around them, to observe, to analyze, to hypothesize, to
experiment, to conclude, to generalize, and to apply the information they have with the necessary
skills. Scientific process skills include skills that every individual could use in each step of his/her daily
life by being scientifically literate and increasing the quality and standard of life by comprehending
the nature of science. Communicating is using something to talk to people. Whether it is using body
language or texting, you are still communicating. I always text my friends. This is something I do a
lot, usually on a daily basis. I always wave at my neighbors when I get home from school. Inferring is
when you come up with a conclusion based on what you already know. Before, I infer that my sister
took my lunch based on the look on her face, the way she is facing my empty plate, the empty plate,
and the crumpled up napkin in front of her. In my everyday life I use inferring to determine how my
friends are feeling based on the way they act. Observing is when you notice something. Before, I
observed my sister take my lunch while I am supposedly going to the bathroom. This is used in my
everyday life all the time, especially when I am just around the house. I notice things that I haven't in
the past. For example, I never knew that there was a fan in my parents bathroom.
2. How scientific method can be applied in real life situations? Cite one example and state
how scientific method was used.
The scientific method is just the steps any scientist takes to solve problems or discover new things.
But it’s not just for scientists. And just because it has the word “scientific” in it, doesn’t mean that
it’s hard to understand or use. In fact, you most likely already use the scientific method all the
time. But like any skill, it is something that can be greatly improved through conscientious practice.
Scientific method can be described in different ways and some people include slightly different
steps, but basically it comes down to these:
1. Make observations.
Looking is the first and most important step. Whether it’s noticing something odd or interesting, or
whether you are confronted with a problem of some kind, the first thing you do is observe.
Observation doesn’t take place just because of something unusual or odd. You can easily observe
what is going on around you anytime. Stop reading this for a moment and look up at the space
around you. Notice something you may never have noticed before, or see if there is anything in the
environment around you that is different from what you remember the last time you looked around.
That is observation.
2. Propose a hypothesis.
A hypothesis is an idea or a proposition that explains an observation. It is not necessarily true, but
it’s a starting point. It’s basically a guess as to why a particular observation is the way it is. It’s now
up to the person who made the hypothesis to find evidence to prove whether it’s true or not.
In real life, outside of science, many people will guess or dream up explanations or answers and then
stop right there. They’ll assume that what they came up with is true because it’s the best answer
they could come up with based on the information available to them at the time.
Until you have some proof and have verified the hypothesis is correct, it’s just as likely that it’s not
true and you could end up making a really big mistake. So it’s very important to realize that a
hypothesis is not the end of critical thinking
3. Design and perform an experiment to test the hypothesis.
An experiment is simply anything that is done to test whether a hypothesis proves out to be true or
false. Experiments can be simple, like just taking a measurement of something to see if it’s the
amount you think it is. They can also be very complicated, such as injecting a new medicine into
thousands of people and carefully monitoring the results as well as monitoring injections of a
placebo (a fake medicine) into a similar group of people to see what happens to them too. By
comparing the results of the real medicine to the fake medicine, you can test its effectiveness.
The most important thing about experimentation is testing your hypothesis in such a way as to
actually prove out whether it is true or false. Depending on the circumstances, it may take many
experiments before you can conclude for sure that your hypothesis if valid.
4. Analyze your data to determine whether to accept or reject the hypothesis.
Now that you have the results of your experiments, you use that to determine whether your
hypothesis was correct. In our simple case, we have the following results:
1. Temperature reads 5 degrees outside.

2. Physical test of the air and temperature indicated that it was frigid and very
uncomfortable.
The hypothesis that it is warm and tolerable outside has been proven false. It is, in fact, freezing and
you decide that you are not going out without bundling up first.
5. If necessary, propose and test a new hypothesis.
In this case, there is no need to proceed with further hypotheses as the one we came up with was
proven wrong. At the same time, we concluded that bundling up would handle our aversion to the
freezing weather.
Here are some practical exercises you can do:
1. The next time you go into a space or room you are very familiar with, look around the
room and observe it as though you had never seen it before. See if you can find at least
three things about the space that you have never noticed before.
2. Recall some example from your experience where a problem was solved using scientific
method. Break down the steps so you can see what hypothesis you formed and how you
tested it and then proved it to be correct.
3. See if you can recall a time that you or someone you know came up with a hypothesis
but then did not test it out before acting on it. What was the result? What could they
have done as an experiment to test the hypothesis?
4. The next time you encounter a problem in life, form a hypothesis about what the
source of that problem might be. Perform some kind of test or experiment to see if your
hypothesis is actually valid. Only after you have proven that the hypothesis is correct,
come up with the solution. Notice to yourself what might have happened if you had not
verified your hypothesis before acting.

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1. How science process skills can help us in our daily life? Cite three life situations.

3. Design and perform an experiment to test the hypothesis.

4. Analyze your data to determine whether to accept or reject the hypothesis.

1. Temperature reads 5 degrees outside.

5. If necessary, propose and test a new hypothesis.

Here are some practical exercises you can do:

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