Exercises on the Nature of Science: The Necessity of Observation

Authors

Roland P. Stout, Drake UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The key to understanding and explaining the physical world around us is observation. The recent study "Vegetation Communities of Ledges State Park, Boone County, Iowa" Johnson-Groh, 1985) is largely observation. On the other extreme, even the most theoretical research done with paper, pencil and computer must be compared with observations of that which it hopes to explain. The first step in doing science, or studying science, is to observe.

Publication Date

Winter 1986-87

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

23

Issue

3

First Page

2

Last Page

5

Copyright

© Copyright 1986 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Stout, Roland P. (1986) "Exercises on the Nature of Science: The Necessity of Observation," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 23: No. 3, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol23/iss3/2