Meg goes swimming on a hot afternoon. When she comes out of the pool, her foot senses that the pavement is unbearably hot. Suppose Meg wants to apply the scientific method to discover reasons for the hot pavement. What is the next step she should take?

The scientific method is a process for experimentation that is used to explore observations and answer questions. To apply the scientific method, Meg must: (1) Ask why the pavement is unbearably hot; (2) Research why it could be hot, the matter of the pavement, the temperature of her body; (3) Construct a hypothesis of to why it is unbearably hot; (4) Test her hypothesis with an experiment; (5) Analyze her data and determine whether her hypothesis works; (6) Communicate her results.