The Scientific Method

Observation

To look and record what you see

Experiment

An organized series of steps used to test the hypothesis

Step five

Analyze your data and draw a conclusion

Step one

Ask a question

Conclusion

At the end of an experiment, the decision you reach about whether your hypothesis was correct or not and why

Step three

Construct a hypothesis

Step two

Do background research

Hypothesis

Explanation for a scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation

Phenomenon

Fact or event of scientific interest which can be described and explain through science

Scientific investigation

Method of research was the answer to a problem is discovered applying science

Data

Information that make come from observations during an experiment; can be numbers or words

Step six

Report your results was your hypothesis correct

Step four

Test your hypothesis by doing an experiment

Analyze

To look over data and results of an experiment and decide what you have learned

Why is the scientific method important?

It is important because The scientific method is an organized way for scientist to investigate proms and answer questions and learn new things.

Variable

Something that can change in an experimen; variables can be independent (something you change) or dependent (something you noticed has changed but no control over)

give an example of a variable in the coin spinning experiment we did in class

One variable in the coin spinning experiment would be if different people spun the coins