E.S Scientific Method

E.S Scientific Method

Aim: Learn about the steps of the scientific method and practice the following science skills: observe, predict, compare and contrast.

Observation

• Science Skill: observe: Use your senses(hear, smell, taste, feel, see) to gather information

• What are some thing that help to keep things warm?

Ask a question

• Ask a question that you want answered

• What material is best for keeping heat in water?

Multiple Choice

What question are they trying to answer?

• What material is best for keeping heat in water?

• What material will help keep things cold?

• What material will make water boil faster?

Hypothesis

• A possible answer to your questions

• Hypothesis will be tested in an experiment.

• If I wrap the jar in fake fur, then the water will stay warm the longest because fake fur will keep heat in?

• Science Skill: Predict (take the information they gathered during your observations to guess what might happen

Multiple Choice

What is a hypothesis?

• Correct Answer

• Wrong Answer

• Possible answer

Multiple Choice

What material do they think will help keep heat in the container?

• glass

• fake fur

• plastic

Multiple Choice

When are hypothesis tested?

• in the experiment

• in the data

• in the conclusion

Experiment

• Test your hypothesis to see if you are wrong or right.

• Variable: things in the experiment that can change

• In an experiment we only change one variable.

• Same: amount of water and container size and shape

• Different: material around container or jar

Multiple Select

Check the two things they are keeping the same.

• material around the jar

• amount of hot water

• size and shape of the container

Multiple Choice

What are they going to change?

• material around the jar

• amount of water

• size and shape of the jar

Planning and Doing the Experiment

• Make a plan to test your hypothesis

• Make sure to do the same experiment many times

• Gather everything you need to do the experiment

Multiple Choice

What measuring tool do they need for this experiment?

• scale

• ruler

• thermometer

Multiple Choice

What does this tool measure?

• length

• temperature

• volume

Collect Data

• You collect data as you do your experiment

• Data can be notes, pictures, charts or graphs

Multiple Choice

What kind of data is this?

• picture

• notes

• graph

Analyze your data

• Look at the data (numbers, words and drawings) you gathered and think about what it means. 

• Another word for analyze is interpret

Conclusion

• Tell what you learned during your experiment 

  
  

  Does your data match your hypothesis?

• Share or communicate what you learned with other people.

• Fake fur kept the water warm longest because fake fur kept the heat in. My data supported my hypothesis.

Multiple Choice

Was their hypothesis right?

• yes

• no

Poll

What question would you want to test next ?

• What material would keep water cold the longest?

• What material would make water boil the fastest?

Bring to class tomorrow

-3 slices of bread

-3 sandwich bags

-3 index cards and pencil or pen

tape

-scientific method and skills packet