Scientific Method Review

Scientific Method Steps

100

How many steps are there in the scientific method?

5 steps

200

What step is often written as an "If, Then" statement? 

Step 2. Hypothesis

300

In what step do we use observations and inferences?

Step 1. Question

400

What step do we find out if our hypothesis was supported, not supported, or partially supported?

Experiment 

500

List the steps of the scientific method in order from step 1 to step 5

step 1. Question

step 2. Hypothesis

step 3. Experiment

step 4. Data

step. 5 Conclusion

Definitions

100

An educated guess as to what you think will happen during an experiment

hypothesis

200

Gathering/measuring the information that was presented in the experiment

data

300

A step by step procedure designed to test the hypothesis

experiment

400

a statement based on experimental measurements and observations

conclusion

500

Anything that can change or be changed

Variable

ObservationVs.Inference

100

True or false:

Observations are guesses or ideas that need evidence to support them 

False

200

What do we use to make observations?

5 senses

300

Give me an example of an observation in this classroom

answers will vary

400

Write an inference based on this observation

"I hear the fire alarm"

because I hear the fire alarm, there must be a fire

500

What is the main difference between an observation and an inference?

An observation is something you can easily see where as an inference is an idea or guess that needs evidence to support it. 

QualitativevsQuantitative

100

What does quantitative data have that qualitative data does not?

numbers

200

true or false:

Counting, measuring, or anything that has a numerical value is considered quantitative data

true

300

Research is considered what type of data?

Qualitative data

400

A. My best friend has curly brown hair

B. My best friend is 5 feet and 7 inches tall

Which one is quantitative and which one is qualitative 

qualitative= a

quantitative= b

500

What word do we use to help us remember qualitative data and what word do we use to help us remember quantitative data?

qualitative data= quality

quantitative= quantity

Variables

100

How many independent variables can you have during an experiment?

1

200

What are the 3 types of variables?

Independent

Dependent

Controlled

300

True or false:

During an experiment, scientists will change a dependent variable 

false

400

What was the independent variable and the dependent variable in our paper airplane activity?

independent: wing style

dependent: distance

500

Which axis (x or y) is the independent variable on a graph?

x - axis