Scientific Method

The act of noticing and describing events or processes.

• Hypothesis

• Observation

• Inference

• Conclusion

Scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested in ways that support or reject it.

• Conclusions

• Collecting and Analyzing Data

• Experiment

• Hypothesis

The process of keeping a record of information or results and using those results to make conclusions.

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Inference

• Collecting and Analyzing Data

A judgement or decision reached by reasoning.

• Hypothesis

• Inference

• Conclusion

• Collecting and Analyzing Data

A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

• Inference

• Experiment

• Observation

• Hypothesis

A logical interpretation based on what scientists already know

• Inference

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Conclusion

The 1st step of the Scientific Method

• Hypothesis

• Observation

• Inference

• Conclusion

The 3rd step of the Scientific Method

• Conclusions

• Collecting and Analyzing Data

• Experiment

• Hypothesis

The 5th step of the Scientific Method

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Inference

• Collecting and Analyzing Data

The 6th step of the Scientific Method

• Hypothesis

• Inference

• Conclusion

• Collecting and Analyzing Data