P&C 1

SCIENTIFIC METHOD The way scientists work:

step 1

• POSSIBLE ANSWER (HYPOTHESIS), check previous, RESEARCH!

• OBSERVE SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE ENVIRONMENT

• PREPARE AND CARRY OUT EXPERIMENTS TO CHECK HYPOTHESIS

SCIENTIFIC METHOD The way scientists work:

step 2

• POSSIBLE ANSWER (HYPOTHESIS), check previous, RESEARCH!

• OBSERVE SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE ENVIRONMENT

• PREPARE AND CARRY OUT EXPERIMENTS TO CHECK HYPOTHESIS

SCIENTIFIC METHOD The way scientists work:

step 3

• POSSIBLE ANSWER (HYPOTHESIS), check previous, RESEARCH!

• OBSERVE SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE ENVIRONMENT

• PREPARE AND CARRY OUT EXPERIMENTS TO CHECK HYPOTHESIS

WHAT IF EXPERIMENTS DON´T MATCH THE HYPOTHESIS?

• THE HYPOTHESIS BECOMES A LAW/THEORY

• WRITE A REPORT

IF EXPERIMENTS MATCH THE HYPOTHESIS...

• THE HYPOTHESIS BECOMES A LAW/THEORY

• WRITE A REPORT

If data do not fit reality, we create ________

• measurements

• a report

• new hypothesis

Changes are evaluated by ________.

• reports

• measuring

Maths gives us the ________

Maths is an ______ ________