Matching Pairs Steps of the Sci Method-FlashOnline version Flashcards for the first few steps of the scientific method by Benjamin D Morgan 1 Step 3 of the Scientific Method 2 Hypothesis needs what items 3 Independent (Manipulated) Variable 4 Step 4 of the Scientific Method 5 Dependent (Responding) Variable 6 Step 1 of the Scientific Method 7 Controlled Variable 8 Hypothesis definition 9 Procedure includes what items 10 Steps in an Experiment includes: 11 Step 2 of the Scientific Method 12 Scientific Method Come up with a procedure (experiment) to test your hypothesis Ask a question AND research information surrounding that question An explanation done before an experiment that is testable through an experiment. What we keep the same in an experiment What we measure in an experiment (the effect) 1. Materials needed during an experiment 2. variables 3. steps/directions Write a hypothesis (1st claim) Written in cause/effect (If...then...) A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem through experimentation What we make different in an experiment (the cause) Make observations about the natural world 1. What materials to use & how to use them 2. What is being recorded and how we are recording it