1. Do Now:

2. Who was Louis Pasteur? Louis Pasteur Scientist who discovered the Germ Theory of Disease Aim: What are the steps of the scientific method?

3. What is the Germ Theory? 1 Germ1 Disease

5. Aim: What is the SCIENTIFIC METHOD? STEPS: Problem Observation Research Hypothesis: What does this mean? Experiment Results/Data Conclusion

6. PROBLEM What does the word, problem, mean? Something that needs to be solved!

7. OBSERVATION How can we observe our surroundings? Through our 5 senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing

8. RESEARCH What is research? The gathering of information related to your problem. How could we gather this research?

9. HYPOTHESIS What does this mean? Definition: An educated guess based upon your observations

10. Examples of Hypotheses: If this chemical is applied to plant leaves, then the plant will grow faster. Chemical + If this chemical is safe, then it will not harm us when it is added to our drinking water.

11. EXPERIMENT What is an experiment? Definition: A procedure to test the hypothesis

12. RESULTS What are results (Data)? Written records of observations

13. CONCLUSION What is a conclusion? Explanation of the results (i.e. Why did you get those results?)