Writing a Hypothesis

Scientific questions have to be...

• Testable

• Easy

• Interesting

Every hypothesis begins with what word?

• Does
• If
• Which
• Then

Choose the best-written hypothesis that answers the question:
Question: Why is my room warmer during the day than at night?

• Sunlight is making my room warmer.
• Mr. Rivas has the heat turned on in the morning.
• If I close my blinds during the day, then my room will be cooler because sunlight cant get in.
• Sunlight actually cools down a room.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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.

If plants are exposed to sunlight then they will grow taller because all plants need sunlight as part of photosynthesis.

What part of the scientific method is this an example of?

• Procedure

• Hypothesis

• Question

• Results

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Choose the best-written hypothesis that answers the question:

Question: Does music make students perform better on quizzes and tests?

• If students do better, then students will not listen to music while taking a test.

• Music is good so they will do better.

• If students listen to music while taking a test, then they will do worse because they are distracted.

• Music can be distracting if it's too loud.

Choose the best-written hypothesis that answers the question:
Question: Does eating an apple a day keep you from getting sick?

• If you eat an apple a day, then you wont get sick as much because apples are healthy for you.
• Eating an apple a day is healthy for you.
• Then you eat an apple a day if you wont get sick.
• Apples are healthy, so it wont make you sick.

Choose the best-written hypothesis that answers the question:
Question: Does eating breakfast help students do better in the morning?

• Breakfast is bad because it makes you sick in the mornings.
• Breakfast is good because it gives you energy.
• Then students will eat breakfast in the morning if students do better in the morning.
• If students eat breakfast every day, then they will do better in the mornings because they are more energized.

How does changing my breakfast from cereal to eggs affect how many snacks I have in the morning? Testable or nontestable question?

• Testable Question

• Not a testable question

I think regular soda will taste better than diet soda. Is this an example of a hypothesis?

• Hypothesis

• Not a hypothesis