Steps of the Scientific Method

A very clear list of the steps anyone could follow when conducting an experiment to test the hypothesis.

• obervations

• question/problem

• materials

• procedures

What is a hypothesis?

• A hypothesis is the right answer to an experiment.
• A hypothesis is the wrong answer to an experiment.
• A hypothesis is an educated guess.
• I don't know.

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis
• question/problem
• procedures
• conclusion

When writing you hypothesis, what information follows IF?

• dependent variable
• how you know it will happen
• independent variable
• anything 

When writing a hypothesis, what information do you fill in after THEN?

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• how you know it will happen
• anything good

The factor in an experiment that will be changed on purpose.

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• controlled variable

• not this one.

The factor that will happen because of the change. It is affected...

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• controlled variabe

• not this one.

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

analyze

• look at in detail

• a series of steps

• subtract the lowest number from the highest

• experiment where knowledge is learned

Which step of the scientific method uses an "If...Then..." statement to provide a possible answer to the question?

• Purpose

• Research

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion