Scientific Method
A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions
What is the scientific method?
I think the reason there is a puddle outside because it rained.
What is a hypothesis?
What is make an observation?
Time, inches, weight, speed are examples of
What is Qualitative data?
"The dog is soft", "the sidewalk is hot", and "her hair is brown" are all examples of ______________ observations.
What is qualitative?
This is part of the experiment that does not change.
What is a control (constant) in an experiment?
This is the variable YOU change in an experiment.
What is the INDEPENDENT variable?
The process of obtaining information by using the senses is called a/an
What is an observation?
Scientists are the only individuals who use the scientific method?
What is false?
Identify the independent variable. I want to know if vitamins will make a kitten grow faster.
What is giving the kitten vitamins?
The amount of variables that change.
What is only changing one variable at a time?
This variable can only be observed you have NO control over it.
This is a test you conduct to test your hypothesis
What is an experiment?
During step 4, information is collected
What is data?
Identify the dependent variable. If I put in more effort, then I will succeed in school because I will train my brain to be stronger!
What is succeed in school?
Identify the independent variable: Susie wondered if the height of a hole punched in the side of a quart-sized milk carton would affect how far from the container a liquid would spurt when the carton was full of the liquid.
What is the height of the hole punched?
This is the group of the experiment you use for comparison to see the effect of the independent variable
What is the control?
Once all the tests are completed and results are recorded you must do this
What is analyze data?
This is the final step in the scientific method
What is the conclusion?
Identify the independent variable. I am wondering how sugar affects the activity level of mice.
what is sugar?
A question that can be measured with a tool.
What is a measurable question?
This is the amount of steps in the scientific method
What are/is 6 steps?
identify the dependent variable: Susie wondered if the height of a hole punched in the side of a quart-sized milk carton would affect how far from the container a liquid would spurt when the carton was full of the liquid.
What is the distance the liquid spurted?
A question whose answer is a fact NOT an opinion.
what is an objective question?
Identify the dependent variable. How does honey impact the growth of bacteria on a bread?
What is the growth of the bacteri on the bread?