Before the 1500's, Greeks and Christians were taught many things that were not necessarily true. The Bible taught things that were not proved by science but by logic and belief. People looked to the Bible for answers to things they could not explain. For example, people were taught that the earth was the center of the universe.
Once 1500 came (the Scientific Revolution), many scientists decided to prove the things that the Bible taught wrong. Using the Scientific Method, scientists conducted experiments to prove their thoughts and theories. Before science, Aristotle taught that heavier objects fell faster than lighter objects. In the late 1500's, Galileo, a young Italian scientist, decided to conduct an experiment to see if this was true. Galileo, using the Scientific Method, decided that Aristotle's theory was FALSE and found out that objects of different weight fell at the same speed.
The Scientific Method was a great method that helped people understand things more clearly. Scientists did not just accept things for the way they were; they conducted experiments to find the truth. There are five essential steps in the Scientific Method:
1) Decide what you have to prove or find out
2) Design an experiment
3) Make a hypothesis, or guess on the outcome of the experiment
4) Conduct the experiment
5) Record the results
These five steps greatly aided scientists. People still use the Scientific Method today.
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