Science is the process of describing the world around us. It is important to note that describing the world around us is not the same as explaining the world around us. The Scientific Method is a pres...Science is the process of describing the world around us. It is important to note that describing the world around us is not the same as explaining the world around us. The Scientific Method is a prescription for coming up with a description of the physical world that anyone can challenge and improve through performing experiments. If we come up with a description that can describe many observations, or the outcome of many different experiments.