Steps of the Scientific Method
The first step of the scientific method.
What is Make an Observation?
Identify the Independent Variable in the Hypothesis.
The grass is green because it reflects green light.
What is reflecting green light?
Did the temperature of the room increase because of the thermostat?
The temperature of the room increased because of the thermostat.
The variable that should be on the x-axis.
What is the independent variable?
The second step of the EDP: brainstorm ideas.
What is Imagine?
The fifth step of the scientific method.
Conclusions
Identify the Dependent Variable in the Hypothesis.
The dinosaurs went extinct because of climate change during the Cretaceous.
What is the dinosaurs went extinct?
Burrowing Owls live in prairie dog burrows because it protects them from predators.
The variable that should go on the y-axis.
What is the dependent variable?
The fifth step of the EDP: make changes to the design.
What is Improve?
The third step of the scientific method.
Form a Hypothesis
Identify the Independent Variable in the Hypothesis.
Burrowing owls live in prairie dog burrows because it protects them from predators.
What is it protects them from predators?
Did the dinosaurs go extinct because of climate change during the Cretaceous?
The dinosaurs went extinct because of climate change during the Cretaceous.
The type of graph that should be used when graphing an independent variable that is broken into CATEGORIES.
What is a bar graph?
The third step of the EDP: choose a single design.
What is Plan?
The fourth step of the scientific method.
Experiment
Identify both the Independent and Dependent Variables in the Question.
Do drones lift objects of different masses because of the mass of the drones?
Independent: Drone Mass
Dependent: Object Mass
Do drones lift objects of different masses because of the mass of the drone?
Drones lift objects of different masses because of the mass of the drone.
The type of graph that should be used when both the independent and dependent variables are NUMBERS.
What is a scatter plot?
The first step of the EDP: identify the problem.
What is Ask?
The sixth and most important step of the scientific method.
Communication
Identify both the Independent and Dependent Variables in the Hypothesis.
The temperature of the room increased because of the thermostat.
Independent: Thermostat
Dependent: Temperature
Is the grass green because it reflects green light?
The grass is green because it reflects green light.
The type of graph that should be used when the independent variable is TIME.
What is a line graph?