Science is a way of studying our natural environment, using a repeatable, methodical approach. 

Science relies on evidence from the natural world, and this evidence is examined and interpreted through logic. 

Scientific claims are based on testing explanations against observations of the natural world and rejecting the ones that fail the test. 

Scientists gather evidence (as opposed to "proof") to support or falsify hypotheses. Hypotheses and theories may be well supported by evidence but never proven. 

A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation for a set of natural phenomena that has been tested and verified but is still subject to falsification. Theories are supported, modified, or replaced as new evidence appears and are central to scientific thinking. 

There is no such thing as THE Scientific Method. Scientists in different fields often approach their scientific testing in different ways. 

Science is non-dogmatic. Science never requires ideas to be accepted on belief or faith alone. 

-- Christine V. McLelland. GSA Distinguished Earth Science Educator in Residence

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