MY SCIENTIFIC eBOOKLET

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

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STEP ONE: QUESTION

RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM/QUESTION
BEING LOOKED AT. FIGURE OUT?

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SOLVE OR

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STEP TWO: RESEARCH

WHAT DO YOU ALREADY KNOW? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO FIND OUT? GATHER AND COLLECT ANY
INFORMATION

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STEP THREE: FORM A HYPOTHESIS

AN EDUCATED GUESS OR PREDICTION OF WHAT YOU THINK MIGHT HAPPEN AND WHY BASED ON WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW OR HAVE ALREADY OBSERVED. MUST BE TESTABLE AND RELATED DIRECTLY TO YOUR QUESTION. USE THE FORMAT: IF....THEN....BECAUSE....

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STEP FOUR: MATERIALS

A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL THE
MATERIALS YOU WILL NEED TO CONDUCT THE EXPERIMENT.

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STEP FIVE: PROCEDURE

CLEAR AND CONCISE. STEP BY STEP TO SHOW THE PROCEDURE IN A LOGICAL MANNER. DESIGNED TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS. KNOW WHAT THE VARIABLE IS (WHAT IS BEING CHANGED)

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 ANY AND ALL INFORMATION

COLLECTED DURING THE EXPERIMENT.

STEP SIX: DATA AND OBSERVATIONS

SOMETIMES IN THE FORM OF A TABLE,

CHART, GRAPH, ILLUSTRATION.....

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ANALYZE THE OBSERVATIONS YOU MADE AND DATA YOU COLLECTED. DESCRIBE ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED DURING THE EXPERIMENT (PROBLEMS INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS, ETC.) HOW COULD YOU IMPROVE THIS EXPERIMENT. ANY POSSIBLE HUMAN ERRORS OR INACCURACIES

STEP SEVEN: DISCUSSION

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STEP EIGHT: CONCLUSION

RESTATE YOU HYPOTHESIS. WAS YOU HYPOTHESIS CORRECT? WHY OR WHY NOT? EXPLAIN.

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