The document discusses using the scientific method to understand the game of chess through observation. It suggests forming a hypothesis about how pieces move or who goes first based on watching a game, testing the hypothesis with an experiment, analyzing the results to draw conclusions about whether the hypothesis is true or false, and reporting the findings. The goal is to see if non-players can figure out the rules of chess just by observing, and whether the scientific method can help gain a justified understanding of the game.

1. Our Chess Game

2. Observation
Can non players figure out the
game from observation?

3. Which person goes first?
How does the horse shaped
piece move?

4. You are doing research through
observation of a chess game

5. Construct a Hypothesis

6. Test hypothesis with an
experiment

7. Analyze results and draw
conclusions

8. Analyze results and draw
conclusions
Hypothesis is true Hypothesis is false

9. Analyze results and draw
conclusions
Hypothesis is true Hypothesis is false
Report results Back to your observations

10. If we use the scientific method,
then maybe we will be able to
learn something.
We may be able to make a
justified knowledge claim