Scientific Method
What is the first step?
Observe and ask Questions
I am a living thing that makes my own food.
Plant
I am round, red, and very delicious.
I have black seeds inside me.
Apple
I hold the plant in the soil. I also take in water and minerals. I also store food for the plant.
Roots
What plant eats bugs to get nutrients?
Venus Flytrap
To make an educated guess about the experiment
Hypothesis
The 3 BASIC things a plant needs to make its own food.
Sunlight, air, and water.
I am long and sometimes have brown or black spots.
I am very delicious!
Banana
I take in air and use sunlight to make food.
Leaves
Why do bees and butterflies visit flowers?
To get nectar and help with pollination
This step involves testing our guess (hypothesis)
Experiment
When plants make food, they give off this gas. We need to breathe this in order to live.
Oxygen
I am an orange fruit with many seeds. I am round and shiny on the outside and juicy on the inside.
Orange
I hold up the plant. I allow water and food to travel through the plant.
Stem
What happens if a plant gets too much water and not enough sun?
It might not grow or could die.
This step involves taking notes and data.
You write or draw what you see.
Analyze
Bits of rock and soil that help plants and animals grow
Minerals
I am a small round fruit. I am brown on the outside and green on the inside. I have many tiny, black seeds.
Kiwi
The part of a plant that can become a fruit.
Flower
This tall, yellow flower turns its head to follow the sun.
Sunflower
What are the 5 Ws?
Where, When, Why, Who, Which
I am what comes out of the ground right after you place a seed. I am a very tiny plant.
Sprout
Roots always grow down into me to keep the plant in one place. There are many minerals in me.
Ground
Most flowers make me. I am a sticky powder inside the flower than helps to make the seeds.
Pollen
This plant can grow super deep roots, even deeper than a giraffe is tall!
Desert plant or cactus