Scientific Method
A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions
What is the scientific method?
If I melt gummy bears in the microwave, then they will have more flavor.
What is a hypothesis?
This is the first step in the scientific method.
What is ask a question?
Time, inches, weight, speed are examples of...
What is Quantitative 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 5 senses is called a
What is a qualitative observation?
This observation includes numbers and values.
What is a quantitative observation?
Identify the independent variable. I want to know if vitamins will make a kitten grow faster.
What is giving the kitten vitamins?
O or I: I think the dog was barking because he wanted a bone.
What is inference?
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?
What is cause?
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 an opinion statement or assumption.
What is inference?
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?
What does the acronym "Cows Moo Softly" stand for?
Change, Measure, Stay the Same
A scientist is listening to the sounds that whales makes.
What is making an observation/observing?
This is a statement with information you already know or can see.
What is observation?
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?
The information after the "Then..." in a hypothesis is the (cause or effect)
What is effect?
Identify the control group (the constants). How does honey impact the growth of bacteria on a culture?
What is the bacteria culture without honey?