Please stop spreading this misinformation and promoting myths, Jamie Hale. Science educators such as Dr. William McComas, as well as many professional scientists, are fighting to counter this misinformation about science and correct it.
There is NO SUCH THING as "The Scientific Method." No such thing exists or ever existed. This is one of the greatest and most pervasive MYTHS about science out there.
Science uses THOUSANDS of methods and they are all very different. "The Many Scientific MethodS" or the Many processes of science" are far better expressions.
"The Scientific Method" is a disgarce and erroneous garbage. The universal, step by step, common, singular poster version is complete nonsense what we all learn in 7th grade. Little, if ANY, science is conducted this way!
There are many people trying to correct this creeping fox terrier" and blatant myth , such as physicist John Denker, who has an excellent article about this travesty. Also, the University of Califfornia at Berkeley has a great article about Science Misconceptions. I talk to MANY noted scientists (such as Michio Kaku and more) and they ALL say unanimously that NO such singular method ever existed and that it is a persistent MYTH. They all unanimously said in their books, as well as to me, that science is rather messy and has NO distinctly defined "method."
The Scientific Method needs to be REMOVED from our vocabulary immediately. It is total nonsense and an insult to professional scientists everywhere.