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Scientific Method
Scientific Method
Scientific Method
Method
What is the
Scientific Method?
• Who uses it?
•Everyone uses it everyday.
•Even YOU!!!
• What is it?
It is a way to solve problems.
Do you have any problems to solve?
Any of these sound
familiar?
• Where are My Shoes?
• What should I have for lunch?
• What class do I have next?
• Did I do my homework for that
class?
• What is the cure for cancer?
• Which deodorant works the longest?
The steps of the
Scientific Method are:
• Observation
• Question/ Problem
• Hypothesis
• Experiment
• Result or Conclusion
• Observation- You
observe something
• using your senses. What
you see makes you ask a
question or state a
problem.
AH—Look at this
Problem or Question
•You ask a question
or state the
problem that you
observed.
Scientists develop
a QUESTION
about a problem.
They need to be
very specific in
defining what they
are trying to
explain or solve.
Develop a Hypothesis
What is a hypothesis?
• -You predict what you think the
answer to your question might be.
It begins with:
I think …
Experiment
The next step scientists
take is to create and
conduct an experiment to
test their hypothesis.
This should include a
materials list and a
procedure with step-
by-step directions.
Every experiment has
variables!
A variable is anything that
changes or could change in an
experiment.
Observe
Question
Hypothesis
Review 4
Which step in the Scientific Method is given
here?
Question
Hypothesis
Results/Conclusion
Review 5
Which step in the Scientific Method is given
here?
Hypothesis
Experiment
Results/Conclusion