Please define the scientific method.

The scientific method involves the following steps: doing research, identifying
the problem, stating a hypothesis, conducting project experimentation, and
reaching a conclusion.

Oh, dear. Another American with a lousy high school science teacher?

Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)