What Is Science?
Steps of the Scientific Method
Scientific Vocabulary
Order the Steps
Experiment Time! (Real-life Scenarios)
100

The body of knowledge that explains the natural world.

What is science?

100

The first step: Ask this to begin the investigation.

What is a question?

100

Another word for an "educated guess".

What is a hypothesis?

100

This is always the first step.

What is asking a question?

100

You'd like to know if plants grow faster with music. What is the first step?

What is ask a question?

200

This method is used to collect scientific knowledge.

What is the scientific method?

200

You do this to learn more about your topic.

What is research?

200

Gathering information using your five senses.

What is observation?

200

Comes right after research.

What is forming a hypothesis?

200

You read articles on how music affects plant growth. What step is this?

What is research?

300

Science explains things by making these educated guesses.

What are hypotheses?

300

A prediction you make before testing.

What is a hypothesis?

300

Another term for trying out your hypothesis.

What is experimentation?

300

Comes after the hypothesis and before collecting data.

What is conducting an experiment?

300

You think, “If I play classical music, plants will grow faster.” What step is this?

What is make a hypothesis?

400

Science relies on these two key processes to gather evidence.

What are observation and experimentation?

400

This step involves testing your hypothesis.

What is an experiment?

400

The step where you write down what happened.

What is data collection?

400

After analyzing the data, you will do the following.

What is draw a conclusion?

400

You play music to one plant and none to another. What step is this?

What is experiment?

500

Science uses this to test theories and find new knowledge.

What is experimentation?

500

The final step where you compare your results to your hypothesis.

What is the conclusion?

500

This is what you do when you look for patterns in your results.

What is analysis?

500

Rearrange: Experiment, Ask a question, Conclusion, Research, Hypothesis

What is: Ask a question, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment, Conclusion?

500

After 2 weeks, you compare how tall the plants are. What step is this?

What is analyze data and conclude?

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