My+Expert

 My expert was my dad. My dad helped me think of my question to use in my experiment. My expert helped me conduct the actual experiment. My dad works in a science lab for his job. He does experiments all the time, and teaches them to his students. My dad uses experiments to figure out the blood types of mice, how many skin cells are on a certain amount of skin, etc. He uses the scientific method, just like I did:


 * Ask a question
 * Do background research
 * Construct a hypothesis
 * Test your hypothesis by doing an experiment
 * Analyze your data and draw a conclusion
 * Communicate your results

He works in a lab to try to find cures for things. He tells me all the time that when something doesn't work, you can keep trying the same thing, or try it again completely differently. Not everything works the way you want it to, and that helps you collect data so you //are able// to try it differently.

My dad uses experiments every day of his life. Some kids think (including me) that we don't need to learn this kind of stuff... we don't need math, or to know how to do punnett squares in science, etc. But my dad proves that we do. If he didn't learn the stuff he did when he was our age, he wouldn't be in the career he is in. He wouldn't be able to help people get better or teach it to someone who could. You see, everything you learn has a purpose!

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