The Scientific Method: The Sleepy Man


1. It is possible that the classroom is too warm and that the temperature of the classroom is putting him to sleep.

2. Test:

a. I would test this hypothesis by asking the teacher to lower the temperature in the class for a particular day. I am altering the conditions by changing the temperature of the room.

b. If the student were to stay awake amidst the colder temperature, this would support my hypothesis.

c. If he still fell asleep, it would suggest that my hypothesis was falsified.

3. An example of an untestable, unfalsifiable explanation would be that the student is plagued by an undetectable and unknown mystery sickness that consistently put him to sleep fifteen minutes into the teacher's lectures.