The Scientific Method

What is a testable prediction about a scientific investigation?

• Question
• Observation
• Hypothesis
• Experiment

A decision based on facts you have discovered

• Conclusion
• Collaborate
• Prediction
• Results

A test or trial to discover something unknown

• Data
• Question
• Experiment
• Hypothesis

What is the first step in the scientific method?

• Make an observation
• Design and conduct an experiment
• Make an hypothesis
• Share your results

This step comes after ask a question

• Record your results
• Design and perform an experiment
• Form an hypothesis
• Share your results

This step should be done more than once to ensure accurate results

• Conduct an experiment
• Ask a question
• Record data
• Clean up after your investigation

Why do scientist use the scientific method?

• To make sure they get credit for their discoveries.
• To make sure their results are valid and can be performed by other scientists.
• So that other scientist don't get mad at them

Scientists always follow ALL of the steps of the scientific method in order.

• True
• False

Information gathered during an experiment is called __________.

• Hypothesis
• Conclusion
• Analyze
• Data

Data can be recorded in the form of _____

• Descriptions
• Tables
• Charts/Graphs
• All of the Above