1. Scientific Method
Integrated Sciences

3. Scientific Method Steps
Make an observation
State the problem or ask a question
Make one or more testable hypotheses
hypothesis - an educated guess
Design an experiment and test the hypothesis
Analyze the results
Draw a conclusion
Decide if your hypothesis is correct or incorrect

4. Question Make observations
Quantitative vs. Qualitative
Inference - a possible explanation or guess about an observation

5. Hypothesis

6. Designing an Experiment
controlled experiment - an experiment in which only one variable is changed at a time
control - a standard used for comparison
constant - a factor that does not change in an experiment

7. Variables in an Experiment

8. Results of Experiments
Theory - an explanation based on many observations and supported by experimental results.
These may change as new info is discovered
Scientific Law - a rule that describes but doesn’t explain a pattern in nature and predicts what will happen under certain conditions