Scientific Method

After a scientific experiment is performed, data is recorded, and conclusions are drawn, what should be done next?

• Share your research with other scientists

• Keep your research a secret

• Destroy all evidence of your experiment

What is a possible answer or explanation to a question based on knowledge, observations, and research?

HINT: It is often written in "if...then" format.

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Conclusion

Answer explanation

A hypothesis should by a clear and simple statement that can be tested.

Will our results always support our hypothesis?

When you collect information & determine the properties of objects & events using your 5 senses you are...

• making an observation

• being creative

• making an inference

• making a conclusion

Another word for prediction or educated guess is: ________________

• hypothesis

• conclusion

• experiment

• data

Why is it important to write down your procedure?

• So that I can photocopy it for my friends.

• To take up more class time.

• So that other scientists can repeat it.

• So that I don't have to do it later.

Answer explanation

A procedure should be written clear enough so that other scientists can duplicate the experiment exactly.

What do we do if a part of the procedure isn't working?

The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.

• data

• conclusions

• notebook

• inquiry

Interpreting data to help prove the hypothesis. What you learned during an experiment

• Data

• Hypthesis

• Procedure

• Conclusion

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method

• recipe

• data collection

• metric system

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis

• question/problem

• background research

• conclusion

Commonly conducted to test a hypothesis

• variable

• science

• data

• experiment