1. Scientific Method

3. Steps in the Scientific Method
State Problem
Form a Hypothesis
Conduct Experiment
Collect Data/Observations
Conclusion
Retest 3

4. State the Problem Identify the issue
Research / Gather Background Information

5. Hypothesis A suggested solution to the problem. Must be testable
Sometimes written as If…Then… statements
Predicts an outcome 5

6. Do you remember the next step?

7. A procedure to test the hypothesis.
Experiment
A procedure to test the hypothesis. 7

8. Data Results of the experiment
May be quantitative (numbers) or qualitative
May be organized into charts, graphs, tables, etc. 8

9. Conclusion
The answer to the hypothesis based on the data obtained from the experiment 9

10. In order to verify the results, experiments must be retested.10

11. Think you can name all seven steps?
Collect and Analyze Results
Formulate a Hypothesis
Communicate the Results
Observation/Research
Problem/Question
Experiment
Conclusion

13. Salem Witch Trials 1692 Evidence varied 20 people were killed
(19 hanged, 1 stoned)

14. SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
“All ideas come about through some sort of observation.”
- Graham Chapman

15. Observation
Write down as many inferences as you can through your observations of the following images – remember inferences are conclusions or deductions made from direct observation (who, what, when, where, how)

16. Person
(clothes, objects, etc.)
Setting, Time, Env.
Questions?