Scientific Method

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What is the Scientific Method?

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A series of steps kind of like a road map that scientists use to understand why and how things work.

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What is a conclusion?

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Final step or process explaining if the hypothesis was correct.

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Which step is being described? "Does the type of container affect the growth of seeds?"

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Ask a question.

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What is the problem (question)?

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Should be "testable" and aims for answers to verify or explain a theory.

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In this step of the Scientific Method an educated guess is needed before continuing through the steps.

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Form a hypothesis.

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What is a hypothesis?

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An educated guess that can be tested through experiments.

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What is an experiment?

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A scientific test that you perform in a series of actions to carefully observe how something works or doesn't work.

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What is data?

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Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.

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What does it mean to analyze results?

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To examine data collected from an experiment to draw conclusions.

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What is a variable?

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Something that can change in an experiment.