Composting/Landfills - Design Your Own Experiment
Design Your Own Experiment
How to Select a Topic Relating to This Concept
To create your own experiment, consider your available resources. Decide what interests you. You may want to create a compost pile of household waste and create soil for a herb garden, or find ways to reduce your consumption of nonbiodegradable waste such as plastics. Although the choice is yours, you need a clear goal that will keep you motivated and interested.
Check the For More Information section and talk with your science teacher or school or community media specialist to start gathering information on composting questions that interest you.
Steps in the Scientific Method
To do an original experiment, you need to plan carefully and think things through. Otherwise, you might not be sure what question you are answering, what you are or should be measuring, or what your findings prove or disprove.
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