1. What is Science?

2. What is Science?
Science is a process that uses observations and investigations to gain knowledge about events in nature.

3. Scientists learn new information by performing investigations.
Example: How do you know if you have allergies?
Observations
Experiments
Modeling

4. What is the Scientific Method?
The Scientific Method is an organized set of investigational procedures

5. 1. Observation Ask a Question
Why?
How?
Should be stated in a clear and concise manner
Inference/Identify a Problem

6. 2.Research Background Research-
You must learn as much as possible about background of the problem before you can begin
Your own research
Research from other scientists

7. 3.Form a Hypothesis Educated guess
A possible explanations for the problem
Educated guess
It is based on knowledge and observation
It provides a direction to the experimental process
It can be proved or disproved
a proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth

8. 4. Conduct Experiment
Include all items that are needed for the experiment
Test your hypothesis (theory)
There are three important variables you have to remember when you are designing your experiment.
Independent variable - this is what you change in order to provide a result
Controlled variables - these are the things that never change.
Dependent variable - this is what you are measuring
It is important to make sure that you perform experiments in batches. One result can always be an accident but if you have 3 or more samples for each test under the same conditions then you can take a mean or average for your results.

9. 5. Analyze Your Data
Now it is time for you to analyze your recorded data.
Was your hypothesis correct? Incorrect?
Collected data should be organized for fellow scientist to review.
Often tables or graphs will be used to demonstrate data collected during the experiment. It can also be organized in form of graphic organizers, and even pictures.

10. 6. Conclusion Organize the data
The results should be written in the form of observations
Analyze the data from the experiment
Organize the data
Paragraph from
Tables
Graphs

11. Review: The Scientific Method
Observation
Gather Information (research)
Form a Hypothesis
Conduct Experiment
Analyze your data
Conclusion