Anything that keeps the student interested is worth a try, pre-net one could fall back on Jearl Walker's Flying Circus for physics examples students liked but these days with the net its even easier, plus one builds up a good toolbox of real-world analogies and humorous examples as with every field.

Still, I think the Scientific Method is one of those things that eventual gets so ingrained into you that it just fades into the background as a technique or method akin to those a trained artist or writer has, but especially early on I imagine it does feel confining. As fond as I am of history, I think formal study of it would drive me insane, too much uncertainty, too reliant on biased or inaccurate primary sources or very slanted secondary ones.



Just finished reading it