Steps of the Scientific Method
The first step of the scientific method.
What is Make an Observation?
Turn the following question into a hypothesis:
Does Earth orbit the Sun because gravity attracts them?
Correct Hypothesis:
Earth orbits the Sun because gravity attracts them.
Identify the dependent variable in the hypothesis:
Does Earth orbit the Sun because gravity attracts them?
Earth orbits the Sun
The first step of preparing for an experiment.
What is identify variables?
The variable that should be on the x-axis
What is the independent variable?
The third step of the scientific method.
What is Form a Hypothesis?
Turn the following question into a hypothesis:
Is it raining outside because the clouds became to dense to hold the moisture?
Correct Hypothesis:
It is raining outside because the clouds became to dense to hold the moisture.
Identify the independent variable in the hypothesis:
Is it raining outside because the clouds became to dense to hold the moisture?
Cloud Density
The second step of preparing for an experiment.
What is measurements?
The variable that should be on the y-axis.
What is the dependent variable?
The fifth step of the scientific method.
What is Conclusions?
Turn the following question into a hypothesis:
Do bees and bats pollinate plants because they receive nutrition in return?
Correct Hypothesis:
Bees and bats pollinate plants because they receive nutrition in return.
Identify the independent and dependent variables:
Do bees and bats pollinate plants because they receive nutrition in return?
Independent:
Nutrition
Dependent:
Pollination
The third step of preparing for an experiment.
What is replication?
True or False:
Graphs should always have a title.
False
The second step of the scientific method.
What is Ask a Question?
Turn the following question into a hypothesis:
Do prairie dogs prefer living in areas of shorter vegetation?
Correct Hypothesis:
Prairie dogs prefer living in areas of shorter vegetation.
Identify the independent and dependent variables:
Do prairie dogs prefer living in areas of shorter vegetation?
Independent:
Vegetation Height
Dependent:
Where prairie dogs live
The reason for performing an experiment.
What is to test a hypothesis?
What is a graph?
The sixth and most important step of the scientific method.
What is Communication?
Turn the following question into a hypothesis:
Are white-tailed deer affected by Chronic Wasting Disease at the same rate as elk?
Correct Hypothesis:
White-tailed deer are affected by Chronic Wasting Disease at the same rate as elk.
Identify the independent and dependent variables:
Are white-tailed deer affected by Chronic Wasting Disease at the same rate as elk?
Independent:
Rate of Infection
Dependent:
Affected by the disease
The number of times you should repeat an experiment.
It depends on the experiment you are performing.
This is the most important step of the scientific method.