Transcript: The scientific method is a way of gaining knowledge about the world we live in. Science starts with curiosity about nature, observing the world, but there is a method to science, a way that distinguishes it from other modes of thought. Science is based upon evidence, upon observations. Scientists take the evidence, and from that they formulate ideas or hypotheses. And eventually when those have been sufficiently tested, the hypotheses become turned into theories about the natural world. It’s important to understand the scientific method because that’s the way we create knowledge. If I told you a fact it would be as if I gave you a fish to eat. You have that one fish. You have that one meal. But if I gave you a net you could catch many fish. The scientific method is the net that allows us to catch many fish, to learn many things about the world we live in.