A series of steps that scientists use to answer questions and solve problems

• hypothesis

• The Scientific Method

• conclusion

• procedures

A statement that requires an answer.

What are you trying to answer in your experiment?

• Data

• Hypothesis

• Question

• Conclusion

A summary of the data you have collected.

Graphs, tables, charts or photos

• Collected data

• Question

• Scientific Method

• hypothesis

An educated guess, testable guess.

Tell what you think the answer is to the problem

• Hypothesis

• Data

• Procedure

• Question

Test your hypothesis. You may need to do this more than once to see if the results are the same

• Data

• Procedure

• Conduct experiments

• Analyze

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Compare your results and hypothesis.

Decide if your hypothesis is right or wrong.

• Experiment

• Analyze information

• Question

• Data

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What process is described: If Jill opened her notebook and wrote, "I think the hummingbirds will spend more time at the largest bird feeder"

• procedure

• Make a hypothesis

• collect data

• experiment

What process is described: Jill was curious about bird feeders. She wondered which size was most popular with hummingbirds.

• Question

• Collect data

• Procedures

• Hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which process is described?: Jill watched the bird feeders closely & wrote down the amount of time the hummingbirds spent at each feeder.

• hypothesis

• procedure

• question

• collect data

Which process is described?: Jill created bar graphs to show how much time the hummingbirds spent at each feeder, she examined the graphs closely to decide which feeder was most popular

• procedure

• analyze data

• pose a question

• make a hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1