1. THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

2. 1. STATE THE PROBLEM BEGIN WITH A SOLID PROBLEM OR QUESTION
CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE MEASURED

3. 2. RESEARCH THE PROBLEM
CONSULT A WIDE VARIETY OF REPUTABLE RESOURCES ON THE TOPIC
TAKE NOTES AND STUDY THE EXISTING DATA

4. 3. FORM A HYPOTHESIS
MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS ABOUT YOUR SOLUTION OR ANSWER
TURN THE HYPOTHESIS INTO A STATEMENT THAT YOU THINK SOLVES THE PROBLEM
If ……then ……because……

5. 4. WRITE DOWN THE PROCEDURES FOR THE EXPERIMENT
LIST THE PROCEDURES THAT TEST YOUR HYPOTHESIS

6. 5. PERFORM THE EXPERIMENT
GATHER MATERIALS AND FOLLOW WRITTEN PROCEDURES
NOTE ANY STEPS THAT VARY FROM YOUR WRITTEN PROCEDURES
**MAKE SURE YOU PERFORM A VALID EXPERIMENT**

7. 6. OBSERVE AND RECORD THE RESULTS
OBSERVE THE EXPERIMENT AND THE CHANGES THAT OCCUR
-quantitative data is information collected as numbers
-qualitative data is information collected as descriptions of what our senses detect
RECORD THE DATA ACCURATELY AND HONESTLY

8. 7. INTERPRET THE DATA ANALYZE THE RECORDED FINDINGS
ORGANIZE THE RECORDED DATA INTO A CHART, GRAPH, OR TABLE

9. 8. STATE THE CONCLUSION SUMMARIZE YOUR FINDINGS
WRITE A STATEMENT THAT PROVES OR DISPROVES YOUR ORIGINAL HYPOTHESIS

10. Science variables
Dependent Variables – The variable that is being measured in a experiment
Independent Variable – The variable that is changed or being tested in an experiment
Controlled Variables – The variables that are the same

11. Groups
Experimental Group – The group exposed to the independent variable (they receive what is being tested)
Control group – Group used for a comparison. (The Normal)

12. Valid Experiment One variable at a time Must be repeatable
Peer View – other scientist look over your finding for mistakes
Scientist share their findings with the world
Scientific Theory: an explanation very well supported over time by many observations, experiments, and evidence