The document outlines the basic steps of the scientific method, which is a systematic process for acquiring knowledge through observation and experimentation. It consists of 7 steps: 1) making an observation, 2) asking a question, 3) researching background information, 4) developing a hypothesis, 5) testing the hypothesis through an experiment, 6) analyzing the collected data, and 7) drawing a conclusion and sharing the results. The scientific method provides a logical way to solve problems and answer questions through empirical investigation and experimentation.

1. The Scientific
Method
SCIENCE Q1 – WEEK 1
MS. BEVERLY ROM

2. The Awareness Test

3. What is the Scientific Method?
• The basic steps that scientists follow in
uncovering facts and solving scientific
problems ( a plan for solving a problem).
• An organized plan for gathering,
organizing and communicating data
• Six or Seven Steps - depends on source

4. What is the Scientific Method?
• Make an Observation
• Ask a Question
• Complete Background Research
• Develop a Hypothesis
• Test your Hypothesis
• Analyze the Data
• Conclusion (Report and Share)

5. Step 1: Observation
• Everything starts with an observation
• What you perceive with your senses
What can you
observe about a
piece of paper?

6. Step 2: Forming a Question
• Based on your observations
• Develop a question or problem that can
be solved through experimentation.
• Usually a “How’ or “Why” question
Can you form a
question about
paper folding?

7. Step 2: Forming a Question
How many times
can you fold a
piece of paper?

8. Step 3: Complete Background
Research
• Collect knowledge needed to know
about the subject of the experiment
• It will be used to form a
hypothesis

9. Step 4: Develop a Hypothesis
• Hypothesis = an educated prediction
to the answer of the stated problem
• Based on research and prior knowledge
Not a W.U.G. !
(Wild
Uneducated
Guess)

10. Step 4: Develop a Hypothesis
• A proposed answer to your question
• There is no right or wrong hypothesis
Using our
question lets
develop a
hypothesis.

11. Format of Hypothesis
• Two accepted formats:
“I think…because…”
or
“If…then…because…”
• Both formats include the all important
“because statement” used to justify your
prediction.

12. Step 5: Testing Your Hypothesis
• This is where you conduct an experiment
(a situation specially set up to observe how
something happens or to test your
hypothesis)
• Develop a set of repeatable methods
• The goal is to test your hypothesis by collecting
data

13. Step 5: Testing Your Hypothesis
• Includes variables - a quantity that is
measured or changed during the experiment
Term Definition
What you are changing in the experiment
Independent
Variable
Dependent
Variable
Control
The outcome caused by changing the
independent variable, a measurement
Used for comparison in your experiment
Constant
What stays the same from one experiment
to the next

14. Step 5: Testing Your Hypothesis
What are our variables in the paper folding experiment?
independent variable cause
dependent variable effect
control comparison
constant unchanging

15. Step 6: Collect and Analyze the
Data
• Observations, information and data are collected
from the experiment
• Organize the data and perform calculations
• Interpret the data you
gathered from your
experiment

16. Step 6: Collect and Analyze the
Data
• Construct charts, graphs, averages,
percentages, etc.
Independent Variable
on the X-axis
Dependent
Variable
on the Y-axis
How would you
graph the
paper folding
experiment?

17. Step 7: Conclusion
• Does your data support your
hypothesis?
You just made a
scientific discovery.
YES
Revise or make a
new hypothesis and
test again.
NO

18. Step 7: Conclusion (Sharing)
• A summary of results,
the answer to your
question.
• What were the possible
sources of error?
• Does your data (answer)
support your hypothesis?
Why or why not?
What conclusion can you make about paper folding?

19. Why use the Scientific Method?
• A logical way to problem solve -
in all aspects of life.
• A way to share information that
can be proved or disproved.
• A way to find new information

20. ACTIVITY #1
Choose one problem from the list and give three
(3) data to support the problem based on your
observations – 1 WHOLE SHEET OF PAPER
PROBLEMS
1: Positive Cases for COVID-19 Infection Increases
2: There are 100 families that were affected by the
typhoon
3: Classes are suspended due to the Typhoon Florita

21. ASSIGNMENT #1
Choose the letter of the correct answer and
write it in your notebook. COPY and
ANSWER
1. What skill is a scientist using when she
listens to the sounds that whales make?
A. Making a Hypothesis
B. Making Observations
C. Interpreting Data
D. Drawing Conclusion

22. ASSIGNMENT #1
Choose the letter of the correct answer and
write it in your notebook. COPY and ANSWER
2. What do you call the series of steps designed
to help you solve problems and answer
questions?
A. Observation
B. Scientific Method
C. Hypothesis
D. Experiment

23. ASSIGNMENT #1
Choose the letter of the correct answer and
write it in your notebook. COPY and ANSWER
3. In Science, an educated guess is called
a/an?
A. Conclusion
B. Observation
C. Hypothesis
D. Question

24. ASSIGNMENT #1
Choose the letter of the correct answer and
write it in your notebook. COPY and ANSWER
4. When you decide whether or not the data
supports the original hypothesis, you are?
A. Asking questions
B. Drawing conclusions
C. Making observations
D. Forming a hypothesis

25. ASSIGNMENT #1
Choose the letter of the correct answer and
write it in your notebook. COPY and ANSWER
5. The final part of the Scientific Method or the
summary of reasonable inferences is called?
A. Controlled experiment
B. Question
C. Hypothesis
D. Conclusion