The Scientific Method

The Scientific Method

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Scientific Method

• an organized way that help scientists (or anyone) answer a question or begin to solve a problem

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What do you want to learn? For example, “What doorknob in school has the most germs?” or “Do girls have faster reflexes than boys?” or “Does the color of a light bulb affect the growth of grass seeds?”

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The fun part! Design a test or procedure to find out if your hypothesis is correct. For example, you would set up grass seeds under a green light bulb and seeds under a red light and observe each for a couple of weeks. You would also set up grass seeds under regular white light so that you can compare it with the others.

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Find out as much as you can. Look for information in books, on the internet, and by talking with teachers to get the most information you can before you start experimenting.

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Record what happened during the experiment. Also known as ‘data’.

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After doing your research, try to predict the answer to the problem. Another term for this is ‘educated guess’. This is usually stated like ” If I…(do something) then…(this will occur)”

An example would be, “If I grow grass seeds under green light bulbs, then they will grow faster than plants growing under red light bulbs.”

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Review the data and check to see if your hypothesis was correct. If the grass under the green light bulb grew faster, then you proved your hypothesis, if not, your hypothesis was wrong. It is not “bad” if your hypothesis was wrong, because you still discovered something!

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This is the fun part! Design a test or procedure to confirm or disprove your hypothesis.

• Purpose/Question

• Research

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

Multiple Choice

What do you want to learn?

• Purpose/Question

• Research

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

Multiple Choice

Try to predict the answer to the problem. Another term for this is ‘educated guess’. This is usually stated like ” If I…(do something) then…(this will occur)

• Purpose/Question

• Research

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

Multiple Choice

Find out about the question/purpose as much as you can.

• Purpose/Question

• Research

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

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Review the data and check to see if your hypothesis was correct.

• Analysis

• Conclusion

• Hypothesis

• Research

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Record what happened during the experiment. Also known as ‘data’.

• Analysis

• Conclusion

• Hypotheis

• Research

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Write what you learn about the Scientific method.

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Compare and contrast the Engineering Design Process and the Scientific Method.

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How well you understand the Scientific Method?