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Scientific Method: Steps for Problem Solving

Discover the steps involved in solving problems using the scientific method. Learn to identify the problem, create hypotheses, test and analyze data to reach conclusions. This guide will help you apply the method effectively.

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Scientific Method: Steps for Problem Solving

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  1. Scientific Method

  2. Steps to solve a problem • Identify the problem • Create a hypothesis • ·       Must be a statement and includes what you are doing, what will happen, and what critter you are testing • C. Test your hypothesis… could be data (numbers) or words • Analyze the data to see if it matches the hypothesis

  3. Wanna buy a car? • Identify 3 or 4 questions you need to know the answers to first. (groups, scrap paper) • Form your hypothesis • Test your hypothesis • Reform another hypothesis, if the first one does not work

  4. CONTROL: • no change- • use to compare • (ex. No fertilizer, normal sunlight, etc.)

  5. INDEPENDENT VARIABLE • : factor that was changed • ex. Using fertilizer, adding more or less light • - can only have 1 variable at a time

  6. DEPENDENT VARIABLE • : the factor you measure • growth, time • It depends on what you measure

  7. CONSTANT • factors that are the same between the control and independent variable

  8. Hypothesis: Plants grow taller with fertilizer • Control • Independent variable • Dependant variable is

  9. Constants will be

  10. Now, • Work in groups to answer the questions for the 3 scenarios. If you do not finish, it is homework.

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