2. What is the Scientific Method?
It is a way to tests hypothesis to eventually form a
theory.
In other words it is a process to find out answers
to questions we might have about the world
around us.
3. A seven step method.
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4. Ask A Question/Make
Observations
First you want to come up with a question that
best suits the problem.
Write down what you know about the problem.
5. Research
Retrieve further information on the issue at hand.
Research your question to see if an experiment
has been done before. (This will help you make a
better hypothesis)
• Don’t forget to give credit to people you get your
new information from.
6. Make Hypothesis
Come up with an educated guess (hypothesis) as
to what you think the results will be.
7. Test Hypothesis
You want to come up with a way that your
hypothesis can be tested.
Experiment
Survey
Make sure you record your data
8. Draw Conclusions
You will analyze the results and see if your
hypothesis was true, false or partly true.
9. Report Results
Once you have come up with you results you
want to put them into a graph or chart of some
sort so that people can understand the data very
easily.
10. If your hypothesis was proved
wrong…
You can go back to step three again and
reconstruct your hypothesis.
And continue on with the rest of the scientific
method.
You may do this several times.
11. Theory
Has a lot of evidence coming from experiments.
But still flexible enough to change if new evidence
is found.
12. Law
If done in an experiment multiple times the
outcome very seldom changes.
Is universal
For example: The law of gravity
