Scientific Method
What is the first step of the Scientific Method?
Make an observation using your 5 senses
What was the question we wanted to figure out during the penny lab?
We wanted to figure out how many drops of water a penny could hold
What do you use to smell?
nose
hypothesis
Which of these sentences is a hypothesis?
a. I like to hang bird feeders because they need help finding food
b. I think a red bird feeder will attract birds because they like the color red.
b. I think a red bird feeder will attract birds because they like the color red.
What is the second step of the Scientific Method?
Ask a question/state the problem you want to know the answer to
During the lab Saving Sam, what materials were used to complete the experiment?
a gummy worm, lifesaver, a plastic cup, and 2 paper clips
What do you use to hear?
ears
A test to see if the possible solution is correct
experiment
Which senses are mentioned in the following sentence:
I went outside and felt the cool breeze on my skin and smelled my neighbor cooking hotdogs on the grill
a. touch and sight
b. hearing and taste
c. touch and smell
c. touch and smell
What is the third step of the Scientific Method?
Make a Hypothesis
The 5 senses (smell, hearing, sight)
What do you use to taste?
tongue
Summarizing the results to see if the hypothesis is correct
conclusion
Which of these are NOT on of the five senses?
a. touch
b. tongue
c. sight
b. tongue
What is the fifth and sixth step of the Scientific Method? (Hint I am looking for two answers)
The fifth step is analyze data
The last step is your conclusion of data
During the penny lab, what were the materials we used to conduct our experiment?
beaker, drop, water, and penny
What do you use to see?
eyes
observation
Which of these sentences is a hypothsis?
a. I like big dogs because they are cute.
b. If a dog likes you, it will let you pet it.
c. If I give a dog, dog food then it will not be hungry.
c.
What is the fourth step of the Scientific Method?
Test your experiment
During the mystery box lab, what was inside of box 3?
a bell
What do you use to touch?
hands
collecting information or data from your observations with notes
analyze results
Fill in the blank
I use my sense of ____________ to see.
sight