The purpose of this lab was to familiarize the students with the Scientific Method. The Scientific Method is a set of rules that Scientists from all different fields use to create and develop theories. The basic steps of the Scientific Method are: to first observe and gather data, then create a critical question, next form a hypothesis, then create and conduct an experiment multiple times, next you will evaluate the results and or reject the hypotheses, finally if your hypothesis is correct you will publish your results. We used these steps to determine what the inner workings inside a particular black box. Our TA began by showing the class a particular black box. He completed a few different movements with the black box. The top string was