The scientific method is so crucial to scientific discovery because it minimizes bias in an experiment, so that the results aren’t affected by the scientist’s opinions or beliefs. The scientific method provides a list of several steps to follow to complete an experiment. The steps are: make observations, think of questions, formulate a hypothesis, develop predictions that can be tested, and gather the data in experiments. An example of how it works is, say, “I want to know if water freezes faster on its own or with sugar added. Construct hypothesis: Will water freeze faster or slower with the addition of sugar? Test of the hypothesis and data collection: Place two containers of equal amounts of water, one with sugar added, into the freezer.