1. Review the Discussion Guidelines for this course.
2. Review the key points and videos for this module. For this assignment, pay special attention to the following video: Scientific Method Review.Links to an external site.
3. Answer the following questions in your discussion post:
   1. Explain the importance of the scientific method to the acquisition of scientific knowledge.
   2. What are the characteristics of a good hypothesis?
   3. Identify a topic/issue/phenomenon you are interested in learning more about. Explain why you are interested in learning about this topic/issue/phenomenon. (Note: You will be exploring this same topic/issue/phenomenon for all ten parts of the Scientific Method assignment. So, choose wisely!).
   4. Draft a research question and a testable hypothesis related to your chosen topic/issue/phenomena.