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What is the Scientific Method?

What is the Scientific Method? The scientific method is the _________________________scientists use to _______________________ why things happen the way that they do. What is Moby’s problem? Moby’s problem is the ________________________is dying even though

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What is the Scientific Method?

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  1. What is the Scientific Method? • The scientific method is the _________________________scientists use to • _______________________ why things happen the way that they do. • What is Moby’s problem? • Moby’s problem is the ________________________is dying even though • ________________________________________. • What observations does Tim make about Moby’s plant? • __________________________ • ___________________________ PROCEDURE EXPLAIN PLANT he is Watering it Leaves brown and falling off The soil is wet and swishy

  2. What is Tim’s hypothesis? Fig plants do best if you only _______________ then ______________ a week. WATER ONCE What are Tim’s results? List what Tim observes after one month. Plant A ______________________________ Plant B _______________________________ Plant C _______________________________ Plant D _______________________________ What is Tim’s conclusion? Fig plants grow best when _____________________________. DOES NOT LOOK GOOD DOES NOT LOOK GOOD LOOKS a LITTLE BETTER LOOKS GOOD WATERED ONCE a WEEK

  3. SCIENTIFIC METHOD

  4. Scientific Method • All scientists have burning questions about the world around them. To answer these questions they follow a structure called the scientific method.

  5. What is the scientific method?? • The scientific method is a series of steps that allows scientists to tests their questions in an organized way.

  6. The 7 STEPS of the scientific method

  7. STPE #1: Ask a question • What do you want to explore? Ask a question about it. • Choose something that is testable. • Choose something that can be answered with a experiment.

  8. STEP #2: Research your problem • What is already known about your topic? • Look in books and on the internet. • Define key words.

  9. Step #3: Develop your hypothesis • What do you think the answer to your question or problem will be? • A hypothesis is an educated guess based on knowledge or observation • You must be able to experimentally test your hypothesis.

  10. GOTCHA ….. While you were at the store (lol)

  11. STEP #4: Write your procedure • Write the steps for how you will test your hypothesis. • List the materials you will need, including exact amounts of each item. • List each thing you will do. Number each step in order. Write down everything you will do. • Your procedure must be so detailed that another scientist could follow it.

  12. Step #5: Test your hypothesis • Get your materials, follow your procedure, and make observations. • While taking data, you should record qualitative and quantitative observations.

  13. Step #6: organize your data • Record as much data as possible. • Use your data to make graphs, charts, or tables.

  14. Step #7: state your conclusion • What happened? Was it what you expected? Why or why not? • In the conclusion, scientists answer the question that the experiment asked. • Look at your results and decide what it tells you about your hypothesis. Summarize your data.

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