Thanks to our upcoming school science fair, I spent a few hours this week brushing up on the scientific method. My last brush with science experiments was my first year of college, where I tried to knock out any required non-major courses as quickly as possible. I did well enough in math and science courses, but I was just never excited about them. They were the classes I needed to get through so I could get back to my reading. If you don’t work in the fields of science, technology, engineering or math, (collectively referred to as STEM), then you probably don’t have much use for it in your daily lives, either. (more…)