Scientific Method

What is the first thing you do when performing the scientific method?

• Make a conclusion
• make an observation
• solve a problem
• experiment

Why is it important to collect data?

• because
• it gives you busy work
• They are magically delicious
• in order to share your results with others

What do you do after you come up with your hypothesis?

• Conclude
• Test your hypothesis
• Do a victory dance
• Tell your teacher

What comes after your conclusion?

• reflect on your work
• make a hypothesis
• test your hypothesis
• make an observation

An educated guess is

• an observation
• question
• hypothesis
• experiment

This step should be done more than once to ensure accurate results. 

• Conduct an experiment
• conclude
• record data
• clean up after an investigation

What does every scientific experiment begin with?

• a hypothesis
• a conclusion
• procedures
• a question or problem

What is an inference?

• An observation
• Conclusions or deductions based on observation
• A safety rule
• The unit of measurement for mass

Is the phrase an inference, qualitative observation, or a quantitative observation? 
The tree was tall.

• Inference
• Qualitative
• Quantitative

Is the phrase an inference, qualitative observation, or a quantitative observation? 
It looks like it may rain.

• Inference
• Qualitative
• Quantitative