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1 st Step of the scientific Method: OBSERVATIONS. Use your 5 senses to Learn everything you can about your problem. Think of ways you could design an experiment to solve the problem. 2 nd : PURPOSE/PROBLEM. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS EXPERIMENT? WRITE IT IN QUESTION FORM. 3 rd : HYPOTHESIS.
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1st Step of the scientific Method: OBSERVATIONS • Use your 5 senses to Learn everything you can about your problem. • Think of ways you could design an experiment to solve the problem.
2nd: PURPOSE/PROBLEM • WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS EXPERIMENT? • WRITE IT IN QUESTION FORM.
3rd: HYPOTHESIS • EDUCATED GUESS orPREDICTION • WRITE “IF…THEN...because…” • NEVER WRITE “I THINK….”
4th: EXPERIMENT • Tests Hypothesis • Explains and identifies the variables and controls • Lists Materials and Steps in Order • Uses Metric Units
4a: INDEPENDENT VARIABLE THE 1 THING THAT IS CHANGED ON PURPOSE IN EVERY TRIAL OF THE EXPERIMENT
4b: Controlled Variables THE PART(s) OF THE EXPERIMENT THAT STAY THE SAME IN EACH TRIAL
4c: DEPENDENT VARIABLE TELLS WHAT HAPPENED IN RESPONSE TO THE CHANGE YOU MADE WHEN YOU DID YOUR EXPERIMENT
5th: RESULTS/DATA • ORGANIZE IN CHARTS OR GRAPHS • DESCRIBE how dependant variable changes • Label in Metric units!!!!
6th: CONCLUSION: CER • Claim: Restates andtells if your hypothesis was correct • Evidence: Uses evidence from your results to explain • Reasoning: uses scientific principles or laws to explain why your evidence supports your claim