Scientific Method

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

Which is NOT a step in the scientific method?

• Make observation
• Form a theory
• Collect data
• Form a hypothesis

A testable explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

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

• hypothesis
• conclusion
• question
• data

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.

After you have followed the steps of the experiment and recorded your results you should __.

• make a graph or chart
• make a hypothesis
• be done
• find a variable

Another word for prediction or educated guess is: ________________

• hypothesis
• conclusion
• experiment
• data