SCIENTIFIC METHOD & VARIABLES

What the scientist wants to know about or TEST; it must be a specific question that includes both variables.

• Hypothesis
• Problem Statement
• Data and Results
• Background Knowledge/Research

Research that a scientist does to help them create their HYPOTHESIS, plan their EXPERIMENT and make sure it is SAFE.

• Hypothesis
• Problem Statement
• Data and Results
• Background Knowledge/Research

An informed inference; based on your background knowledge/research, infer what the results of your experiment will be.

• Hypothesis
• Data and Results
• Conclusion
• Background Knowledge/Research

Detailed list of STEPS and MATERIALS needed to perform an experiment.

• Hypothesis
• Background Knowledge/Research
• Conclusion
• Procedure

This is the step of the scientific method where you record OBSERVATIONS in a DATA TABLE, and then make a GRAPH.

• Hypothesis
• Data/Results
• Procedure
• Conclusion

This is the SUMMARY of the experiment – the results and if they were accurate or not, whether their hypothesis was true, changes they would make, and why it was important.

• Hypothesis
• Data/Results
• Conclusion
• Procedure

Which step of the scientific method is in the WRONG place/order? 
1. Problem Statement
2. Background Knowledge/Research
3. Hypothesis
4. Conclusion

• Problem Statement
• Background Knowledge/Research
• Hypothesis
• Conclusion

Which step of the scientific method is in the WRONG place/order? 
1. Problem Statement
2. Conclusion
3. Hypothesis
4. Procedure

• Problem Statement
• Conclusion
• Hypothesis
• Procedure

Which step of the scientific method is in the WRONG place/order? 
1. Problem Statement
2. Background Knowledge/Research
3. Data/Results
4. Procedure

• Problem Statement
• Background Knowledge/Research
• Data/Results
• Procedure

Which step of the scientific method is in the WRONG place/order? 
3. Hypothesis
4. Procedure
5. Problem Statement
6. Conclusion

• Hypothesis
• Procedure
• Problem Statement
• Conclusion