The Scientific Method and the Food System

This 11-page lab activity is provided by AgroKnowledge and focuses on the scientific method and the food system. During this activity students will brainstorm ideas for conducting a scientific investigation of the food system, develop a hypothesis, design an experiment to test the hypothesis, and conduct the experiment. The activity includes the following sections: Introduction, Learning Objectives, Background, Materials, Procedures, Results and Discussion, and Summary. The Background section provides information on the the scientific method, hypotheses, applied versus pure research, experimental design, bias, control, error, sampling, replication, limitations of science, and more.