Scientific Method

An organized plan for gathering, organizing, and communicating information.

• hypothesis 
• question
• scientific method
• observation

Information you obtain through your senses, such as touch, sound and sight.

• observation
• hypothesis
• question
• conclusion

A prediction or guess based on observations.

• data
• scientific process
• hypothesis
• question

What do you want to know, understand or figure out?

• hypothesis
• conclusion
• question
• data

A test used to discover something unknown.

• data
• variable
• conclusion
• experiment

All factors that can change in an experiment.

• variable
• data
• conclusion
• result

The outcome of your test.

• variable
• results
• experiment
• question

Information gathered from your experiment. 

• observation
• variable
• hypothesis
• data

Kay enters a 5th grade science fair with a project about candles. She asks, "Will the temperature of the air affect how fast a candle burns?"

• This is her hypothesis.
• This is her conclusion
• This is her problem.
• This is her observation.

Mave wants to know which color of candy kids prefer. What would be an important variable in her experiment? 

• Only ask her friends.
• Use the same candy in different colors but same flavor.
• Do the experiment right before lunch so the kids are hungry.
• Ask each person what their favorite kind of candy is.