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SCIENTIFIC METHOD

SCIENTIFIC METHOD. VOCABULARY. ASK A QUESTION/RESEARCH. WHICH OBJECT WILL HIT THE GROUND FIRST, A HAVEY METAL BALL OR A LIGHT WOODEN BALL?? WHAT HAVE OTHER SCIENTISTS LEARNED ABOUT THIS TOPIC?. HYPOTHESIS.

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SCIENTIFIC METHOD

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  1. SCIENTIFIC METHOD VOCABULARY

  2. ASK A QUESTION/RESEARCH • WHICH OBJECT WILL HIT THE GROUND FIRST, A HAVEY METAL BALL OR A LIGHT WOODEN BALL?? • WHAT HAVE OTHER SCIENTISTS LEARNED ABOUT THIS TOPIC?

  3. HYPOTHESIS • A SHORT STATEMENT THAT SAYS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHY. THE MORE SPECIFIC THE BETTER! • EXAMPLE: THE METAL BALL WILL HIT THE GROUND FIRST BECAUSE IT IS HEAVIER.

  4. PROCEDURE • STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PERFORM THE EXPERIMENT

  5. OBSERVATIONS • RECORD YOUR OBSERVATIONS, KEEP A RECORD OF WHAT YOU SEE AS YOU PERFORM YOUR EXPERIMENT

  6. CONCLUSIONS • ANALYZE WHAT YOU OBSERVED. ANSWER WHETHER OR NOT YOUR OBSERVATIONS PROVED OR DISPROVED YOUR HYPOTHESIS ANDY WHY. • THIS ALSO INVOLVED SHARING YOUR FINDINGS.

  7. INFERENCE • THIS IS WHEN WE COME TO A CONCLUSION BASED ON OBSERVATIONS

  8. VARIABLE • ANY PART OF AN EXPERIMENT THAT CAN CHANGE

  9. CONTROLLED VARIABLE • THE PARTS WHICH ARE NOT BEING TESTED. THESE VARIABLES MUST STAY THE SAME.

  10. INDEPENDENT VARIABLE OR EXPERIMENTAL VARIABLE • THE PART WHICH IS BEING TESTED. THE VARIABLE WHICH IS CHANGED BY THE SCIENTIST.

  11. DEPENDENT VARIABLE • THE PART OF THE EXPERIMENT THAT STAYS THE SAME, OR IS AFFECTED BY THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

  12. CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT • AN EXPERIMENT IN WHICH TWO SUBJECTS OR GROUPS HAVE ALL VARIABLES IN COMMON EXCEPT ONE, WHICH IS THE VARIABLE BEING TESTED

  13. CONTROL GROUP • THE GROUP WHICH DOES NOT HAVE THE VARIABLE BEING TESTED

  14. EXPERIMENTAL GROUP • THE GROUP WHICH HAS THE VARIABLE BEING TESTED

  15. TOMORROW WE ARE STARTING A PLANT EXPERIMENT. BE PREPARED TO GET YOUR HANDS A LITTLE DIRTY!

  16. PLANT EXPERIMENT FOR CLASS • OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE WILL BE CONDUCTING OUR OWN EXPERIMENT, LIKE TIM AND MOBY DID. • WE WILL TEST A FEW THINGS • HOW MUCH LIGHT DOES THE PLANT NEED? • WILL IT SURVIVE ON SALT WATER? WITH NO WATER? • HOW MUCH DOES FERTILIZER HELP? • WHAT ABOUT A DRINK WE DRINK?

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