unit 1 Scientific Method and Graphing (Langford)

A process that is used to find answers to questions about the world around us

• Form a hypothesis

• Scientific method

• Creating experiments

• Algebra

Is there only one scientific method?

• Yes

• No

True or false: there are several versions of the scientific methods some have more steps, while others only have a few steps

• True

• False

True or false: all scientific methods begin with the identification of a problem, or a question to be answered, based on observations of the world around us, and provide an organize method for conducting an analyzing an experiment

• False

• True

An educated guess based on observations and your knowledge of the topic

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

• Analysis

• Problems

Information gathered during an experiment

• Data

• Problems

• Flawed

• modifications

What do you want to know or explain? Use observations you have made to ride a question that address is the problem or topic you want to investigate.

• Form a hypothesis

• Identify the problem

• Perform an experiment

• Analyze data

What do you think will happen? Predict the answer to your question or the outcome of the experiment

• Identify the problem

• Create an experiment

• Form a hypothesis

• Analyze the data

A hypothesis is an educated guess

• True

• False

Written as “if…, then…”

• Data analysis

• Problems

• Hypothesis

• Resolution