The Scientific Method

Question 1

1. What is a Problem?

Answer 1

• one sentence
• consider “why is this important”
  ex. /”Will the sowbug move more in a dry or moist environment?”

Question 2

2. Collect Info about the Problem

Answer 2

• Find background information

- has this been tried before? What happened?

Question 3

3. What is a Hypothesis?

Answer 3

An educated guess about the outcome

Question 4

4. Test the Hypothesis:

Answer 4

• Includes:
• Materials, procedures, set-up, step by step, how to collect and analyze results, & how many times the experiment was repeated

Question 5

5. Make Observations

Answer 5

• Collect data

- Create graphs & charts to show data

Question 6

6. Come to a conclusion

Answer 6

• What was the hypothesis
• What did the results show?
• was the hypothesis supported or not?

Question 7

7. Revise the hypothesis and retest

Answer 7

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Question 8

What is a constant variable?

Answer 8

-the parts of the experiment always kept the same

Question 9

What is an independent variable

Answer 9

-the one thing that is changed and tested

Question 10

What is an dependent variable?

Answer 10

-the variable that your measuring
~measurement of what the change has done
*#’s you record

Question 11

What is experimental error?

Answer 11

-this is based on chance alone & is not true

Question 12

What is sample size?

Answer 12

larger your sample size, the less probability of error