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