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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? • 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
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
Scientific Method • All scientists have burning questions about the world around them. To answer these questions they follow a structure called the scientific method.
What is the scientific method?? • The scientific method is a series of steps that allows scientists to tests their questions in an organized way.
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.
STEP #2: Research your problem • What is already known about your topic? • Look in books and on the internet. • Define key words.
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.
GOTCHA ….. While you were at the store (lol)
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.
Step #5: Test your hypothesis • Get your materials, follow your procedure, and make observations. • While taking data, you should record qualitative and quantitative observations.
Step #6: organize your data • Record as much data as possible. • Use your data to make graphs, charts, or tables.
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.