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Science Form 1: Steps in Scientific Investigation
Science Form 1: Steps in Scientific Investigation
STEPS 2: MAKING A
HYPOTHESIS
Try to provide an answer to
the above question by making a
smart guess.
STEPS 3: PLANNING THE
EXPERIMENT
Planning how to test your smart
guess
Involved:
What apparatus to be use
What observation to make
What measurement to take
How to record the observation
STEPS 4: CONTROLLING
THE VARIABLES.
Decide what condition that you
are going to change
You would need to decide:
Which things must not change
Which things you will change
What you will observe or
measure
STEPS 5: COLLECTING
DATA
Decide how to record the
observation
In sentences
In table
STEPS 6: ANALYSING &
INTEPRETING DATA.
Find the best way to present
the data
Study your data carefully and
find if there are any pattern in
your data.
You may present it in the form
of a graph.
STEPS 7: MAKING A
CONCLUSION
Based on the pattern in the
result of your investigation,
make a conclusion whether the
smart guess that you made is
true.
STEPS 8: WRITING A
REPORT.
Write your full report of your
investigation in your science
report book.
Steps in scientific investigation:
IDENTIFYING THE
WRITING A REPORT.
PROBLEM
CONTROLLING THE
COLLECTING DATA
VARIABLES.