A __________ for experiment success. Scientific Method A __________ for experiment success.

What is the scientific method? It is a simple method scientists use to conduct an _____________________. It is a way to ________________ scientific questions by asking questions & conducting experiments.

I. Question/Problem Ask a question about something observed. _______________? How? What? Question to be __________________. Must be about something measurable.

II. Hypothesis _______________ guess about how things work. Prediction Use If, then statements If ____ [I do this], then _____ [this will happen] Focus on ________________variable only.

III. Experiment Tests your ___________________. Is it accepted (right) or rejected (wrong) ? Change only one __________at a time. Use a control or ____________ group (A group that has nothing done to it. Standard used for comparison in an experiment.) In order for results to be ___________, conduct several tests.

III. Experiment Record your data in a data table. Numerical (________________) data organized in rows and columns The specific ______________variables are listed The number of ___________are listed Blanks are left for the data (_____________ variable) to be filled in

III. Experiment Title: Describing the _________________ Trial Variable 1 Variable 2 Variable 3 1 2 3 4 5 AVERAGE

IV. Data Analysis Simplify the data Graph Average (_____________) Graph the data to look for ____________ & relationships.

V. Conclusion Summary of your ___________________. After your experiment, analyze your data to see if your hypothesis was accepted or rejected. If hypothesis is rejected, give possible _______________ for the difference between your hypothesis and the experimental results.