Scientists and how they work

A scientist is a person who studies and practices science. Scientists use their skills in a particular way to obtain scientific knowledge. These skills are called scientific method. It involves the following steps;

• Observing: Identify the problem

• Experimentaion: Design and carry out an experiment to investigate the problem.

• Analysing data: Analysis of the results

• Conclusion: Draw and make your conclusions

• Tell other scientists about your findings from your experiment

Scientists report their works or findings to other scientists as scientist works. These reports help the scientists to;

• Further their work easily or to help other scientists to further their work as the world keeps changing. Example is Aristotle’s observations about evolution, a lot of scientists such as Lamarck and Charles Darwin developed on those observations.

• Repeat their experiment and to compare results for the correct findings. There is always competition between scientists for supremacy and this always brings accuracy.

• It also serves as a foundation for other researchers to further experiments.

• Relate to other experiments or relate to already done experiments for other findings since some experiments are related.