Scientific Principles are Common Sense

My main purpose for writing this article is to show that principles of science are not only common sense, but can be used to facilitate the teaching and learning process in school. Once the student becomes fluent in the scientific laws, his comprehension level should increase at a faster and more effective rate. I firmly believe that scientific principles should considered pillars of learning, not only science, but other subject areas. Scientific principles can be observed in all walks of life. They even relate to the amorphous subject matter of human behavior in many ways, especially in a common sense manner.

Take for example, the law of conservation of matter and energy. It has been in existence for the longest time. It also includes the elements of time and space, matter and energy. The law of conservation is based on the premises that matter and energy are constant; neither can it be created nor it can be destroyed. Matter and energy just change form and position in space through time by chemical or nuclear change. For example, as you burn a cigarette, it changes into carbon and gases. From this concept, a generalization can be made: when matter disappears from one space (place), it must appear in an other space (place) and another time in the future! This generalization relates to the property of matter that deals with the occupation of space on the one-to-one correspondence in which one unit or amount of matter carries its space all the time and cannot exist in two places (spaces) at the same time!

The principle described above can be associated to the concept of the alibi in criminal justice in the area of criminal investigation. If a suspect (matter) claims that he was at place X at time T, when a crime was committed, then he could not be guilty of directly committing an act that was committed at place Y at the same time T, unless he is superman. However, an alibi has to be confirmed as part of an investigation before it can be accepted as an alibi. This is the part that the layman sees as common sense! And yet it is based on an elaborate sophisticated natural scientific principle: the law of conservation of matter and energy. (This is where the concept of "a perfect alibi" came from.)

How does the law of conservation of matter and energy relate to finances? This should be easy to comprehend based on your previous knowledge related to the topic (PKRT) of money. For example, if a group

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