Cako, a little monkey, wants to eat some nuts but can't reach them. He uses the scientific method to solve this problem. He observes the nuts in a cylinder, asks how to get them out, gathers information by looking in Anne's book, hypothesizes that water will make the nuts float, experiments by pouring water in the cylinder, records that his hypothesis was correct, and concludes that water makes nuts float like a boat. The story demonstrates the seven steps of the scientific method: observe a problem, ask a question, gather information, make a hypothesis, experiment, record results, and draw a conclusion.

1. Scientific method

2. -The scientific method is a number
of steps that we take to solve
any problem.
- To understand these steps, let’s first
read this story.

3. Scientific method story

4. - Cako is a little monkey.
- He lives with Anne.
- Anne is a young scientist.
She spends most of her time in her lab doing experiments.

5. - One day Anne was in her lab doing an
experiment using some nuts.
- Cako was with Anne in the lab.
He was sleeping trying to get some rest.

6. - Anne went up stairs to get something for
her experiment .
- She left Cako sleeping in the lab.

7. -Cako Woke up and he was very hungry.
He said “Ohh,, I’m so hungry ,, I must look for
something to eat”.

8. - Then suddenly he saw some nuts from Anne’s
experiment in a long cylinder.
- “Mmm, I think Anne wont mind, if I ate these
nuts.” he said.

9. - He tried to get the nuts from the cylinder but
he couldn’t.
- He asked him self “How can I get these nuts?”

10. - Then he started to search for informations
He told himself “I must find something to use
to get the nuts out of the tube without
breaking it”
-”Anne always uses this book when she is
searching for informations,, may be it will
help me”

11. - “Aha,,,, Water makes things float like a
boat.”
- Cako said:“I Guess water can help me”.

12. - Okay I’m going to do a small experiment and
see if my guess is right” Cako said.

13. -Then cako climbed a ladder and started to pour some
water into the cylinder.

14. - “ It worked ,, It worked… My experiment
worked”
“ I can eat the nuts now” he said.

15. - Cako decided to write down what he found so he won’t
forget it.
“Now, he has come to conclusion “Water makes the nuts
float like a boat” he said.

16. - Now let’s try to answer some
questions together to find out
the scientific method steps.

17. - HE SAW NUTS IN A LONG CYLINDER
WHICH HE CAN’T REACH.
- What was the problem that Cako saw
when he woke up feeling hungry?

18. OBSERVE (SEE) A PROBLEM
- So the first step in the scientific
method is to:

19. -When Cako couldn’t reach the nuts,, what
Question did he asked him self?
- He asked him self: How can I get these nuts
without breaking the cylinder?

20. ASK A QUESTION
- So the second step in the scientific
method is to:

21. How did he searched ( gathered)
informations to find an answer to his
question?
-She searched for (gathered)
informations by looking up in Anne’s
book.

22. GATHER INFORMATIONS
- So the third step in the scientific
method is:

23. -Was Cako sure that water will make the
nuts float like a boat?
- No he wasn’t ,, he just made a guess.

24. MAKE A GUESS “HYPOTHESIS”
- So the fourth step in the scientific
method is:

25. What did Cako decide to do to be sure
water is the right choice?
- She decided to do a small experiment
and see whether the nuts will come up
(float) or not.

26. MAKE AN EXPERIMENT
- So the fifth step in the scientific
method is :

27. After Cako’s experiment worked, What
did he decided to do so he won’t forget
what he found?
- he decided to write down (record)
what he found .

28. RECORD YOUR RESULTS
- So the sixth step in the scientific
method is :

29. -At the end of the story, what conclusion
did he made?
- He made a conclusion that water makes
the nuts float like a boat.

30. DRAW (MAKE) A CONCLUSION
- So the last step in the scientific
method is:

31. -So the seven steps of the scientific method is :
1) Observe “see” a problem.
2) Ask a question.
3) Gather “collect” informations.
4) Make a guess “Hypothesis”.
5) Make an experiment.
6) Record your results.
7) Draw your conclusion.

32. See a
problem
Ask a
question
Gather
informations
Make a
hypothesis
Do an
experiment
Record
results
Draw
conclusion