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WHAT IS THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD?

A common process that scientists use to perform experiments and investigations.

STEP 1: QUESTIONING

Scientists develop a question that will guide them to an experiment.

For Example:

How many drops of water can I fit on a penny before the water spills over?

STEP 2: HYPOTHESIS

An educated guess or prediction of what will happen.

For Example:

It will take _______ drops of water before it spills.

STEP 3: PROCEDURE

The steps a scientists takes to carry out the experiment. Many times multiple trials will be done.

For Example: Get a dropper full of water. While counting, drop water on the penny slowly until the water spills

over

STEP 4: DATA / RESULTS

Use a chart or graph to represent the information you found.

For example:Trial # # of drops on the penny123

STEP 5: CONCLUSION

Answer the question, “So, what happened? Was my hypothesis correct? Could I do the experiment differently?

For example: There were _______ number of water drops before it spilled. This was

______ than I expected. Next time I could…