1. Name________________________ Block__________________
Step
1
Scientific Research Method (Hammer-bell experiment)
Define your
What was the alien’s problem?
problem
Step
2
Make
Observations
What observation did the alien make?
What was the alien’s testable question?
Step
3
Construct a
hypothesis
Step
4
Test your hypothesis with experiment.
(Define your experiment)
Materials
What materials did the alien get?
Experimental
Group
What was the alien’s hypothesis?
What is the definition of an experimental group?
What was the alien’s experimental group?

2. Name________________________ Block__________________
Control Group
What is the definition of a control group?
What was the alien’s control group?
Dependent
variable
What is a dependent variable?
What was the dependent variable in the alien’s hammer bell
experiment?
Independent
variable
What is an independent variable?
What was the independent variable in the alien’s hammer bell
experiment?
Step
5
Collect Data
What procedure does the alien use to perform his or her
experiment?

3. Name________________________ Block__________________
Step
6
Record your
data
Table
Step
7
Analyze data
What did the alien do to analyze these data?
What did the alien do mathematically:
Draw what the alien did visually:

4. Name________________________ Block__________________
Step
8
Repeat,
Redesign or
New
hypothesis
What reason could the alien have for repeating the
experiment?
What reason could the alien have for redesigning the
experiment
What reason could the alien have for forming a new
hypothesis?

5. Name________________________ Block__________________
Step
9
Peer review
and Publish
What does it mean to review?
Who are the alien’s peers?
If most of the alien’s peers do not think the experiment was
accurate will it be accepted for publication in a scientific
journal?

6. Name________________________ Block__________________
Scientific Research Method (Blood Letting experiment)
Write with a pencil in case you need to erase!
Step
Define your
1
problem
Step
2
Make
Observations
What observation could you make?
What is your testable question?
Step
3
Construct a
hypothesis
Step
4
Test your hypothesis with experiment.
(Define your experiment)
Materials
Experimental
Group
Control Group

7. Name________________________ Block__________________
Step
4
Cont.
Dependent
variable
Independent
variable
Step
5
Collect Data
What procedure would you use to collect your data?
Step
6
Record your
data
What data would you collect?
Step
7
Analyze data
What would you do mathematically?
Draw a possible graph of your results based on your predicted
outcome. Label your axes.

8. Name________________________ Block__________________
Step
8
Repeat,
Redesign or
New
hypothesis
If you got the results you expected, is this step even
necessary? Why or why not.
Step
9
Peer review
and Publish
Before you publish your experimental proposal (i.e. hand it in
to my desk) please have two other classmates check your
work and have them sign here.
__________________
___________________
Reviewer notes about what author should fix or add to their proposal

9. Name________________________ Block__________________
The Law and Theory of Grocery
Shopping (instructions)
1.
Make a title called “The Law of Grocery Store Shopping”
Underneath the title; in black text write one paragraph
covering the law of grocery store shopping. Laws are used
to determine what will always happen. Laws do not tell us
why events happen.
2.
Make a title called “The Theory of Grocery Store Shopping”
Underneath the title copy the law paragraph you wrote in
step #1 above and paste it below this title. Next, using red
colored text edit your law paragraph to convert it into a
theory for grocery store shopping. To do this, you must add
(in red text) the likely reasons why the events in your law
paragraph always happened. If your theory is good, it can
be used for all the times you grocery shop. This is because
theories that survive are tested by many experiments (i.e.
different trips to the grocery store.)
3.
E-mail Mr. Robbins your final paragraphs. To get full credit
you need to meet the following criteria.
1.
Proper formatting (typed with correct titles and text
colors)
2.
At least 5 events must happen in your first paragraph
about the law of grocery store shopping.
3.
Your law paragraph should contain only events that
always happen and should contain no reasons for why
these events happen.
4.
Your theory paragraph should contain reasons for why
events happen. The reasons given should be true for
every time you shop at the grocery store.

10. Vocabulary
Inquiry:
Observation:
Direct observation:
Indirect observation:
Inference:
Hypothesis:
Experiment:
Control group:
Experimental group:
Variable:
Independent variable:
Dependent variable:
Theory:
Fact:
Law:
Principle:
Testable:
Name________________________ Block__________________

11. Junior Mints Letter
Name________________________ Block__________________
Write letter to Ima Wrong describing how she can design a good experiment to test her
conclusion: Is the sweet spot is really on the back of people’s tongues.
1. Make sure you discuss each of the 9 steps of the scientific method.
2. Include these vocabulary words: Inquiry, Observation, Inference, Testable question,
Hypothesis, Experiment, Independent variable, Dependent variable, Control group,
Experimental group. Use extra paper as needed. You may choose to type your letter.

12. Junior Mints Letter
Name________________________ Block__________________