In text books the scientific method is simplified into five easy steps but in reality it's not that simple. Scientists work in different sequences and repeat the same step for accuracy and new ideas. In order to experiment scientists need an independent variable and dependent variable. An independent variable is the factor being changed in the experiment. In the corn experiment the types of corn or the amount of bugs you added to the one type of corn. The dependent variable is what you measured in the experiment. During the corn experiment the dependent variable was the corn growth in one-hundred and four days. The growth was effected by the infestation on both experiences.

Placebo is a pill that is an inactive medication. It is given somehow to the person and they mentally believe they are getting better, but their mind is making itself better. Any effect in improvement of health is called the placebo effect. In some trials,  placebo can be given to a group rather then a drug. It's like the enthusiasm of the patients new drug, could help with the excitement they could get better.

















2 dif corn...independant variable..how they grow is dependent