CHAPTER SIX Practical Solutions Science in the Laboratory

DOI: 10.1201/9781003263340-6

Why Experiments Matter

A good experiment can cause you to leave the room understanding things that you did not even know were there to be understood. Experiments can change your outlook on things. See undergraduate science laboratory activities, therefore, as opportunities for new insights into and discoveries about the nature of the universe. See them too as apprenticeships, formative experiences that are preparing you – through technical and disciplinary training and practice in applying transferable critical thinking skills – to make your own scientific discoveries someday.

The basic approach that scientists use in the practice of experimental investigation ...

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