Scientific method

What is the Scientific Method?

• A process that involves making predictions and doing cool experiments

• A way to explain something

• The name for a series of steps

• A process that scientists use to better understand the world around them.

Which step of the scientific method often uses 'if'...'then' sentences?

• the Hypothesis

• Research

• the Problem

• the Conclusion

In a controlled experiment, how many variables are tested at a time?

• Two

• Three or more

• One

• It depends what you're testing

The last step in the Scientific method is

• To make an observation

• To reach a conclusion

• To examine the data

• To design an experiment

The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs).

• observations

  conclusion

• data

• variables

• hypothesis

Which is NOT a step in the scientific method?

• Make observation
• Form a theory
• Collect data
• Form a hypothesis

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis
• question/problem
• procedures
• conclusion

Why do we want to test one variable at a time?

• Because it is hard to setup a data table with more
• To know what is causing the changes.

• It is what has always been done