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Understanding the Scientific Process

The document outlines the key steps of the scientific process: 1) Observation - Receiving knowledge through the senses and recording observations. 2) Inference and hypothesis - Drawing conclusions from observations and proposing explanations. 3) Parameters - Defining the scope of testing the hypothesis. 4) Variables - Identifying the independent variable being manipulated and the dependent variable being measured. 5) Controlled experiment - Only changing one variable at a time to determine the cause of any results.

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Understanding the Scientific Process

The document outlines the key steps of the scientific process: 1) Observation - Receiving knowledge through the senses and recording observations. 2) Inference and hypothesis - Drawing conclusions from observations and proposing explanations. 3) Parameters - Defining the scope of testing the hypothesis. 4) Variables - Identifying the independent variable being manipulated and the dependent variable being measured. 5) Controlled experiment - Only changing one variable at a time to determine the cause of any results.

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Hold on to you socks, folks!

This
stuff is exciting!

The Scientific Process!


What is the first thing
needed for the scientific
OBSERVATION!!!!! process???
 Receiving knowledge
of the outside world
through the senses.
May also include
recording the new
knowledge.

(This girl is having fun! )



Then: Inference &
Hypothesis!

Inference!!
 
Hypothesis!!

 The process of  Your proposed


drawing a explanation for
conclusion based the observed
on your phenomena.
observations and
logic. 


Then, set your
parameters
 How far you will be
Parameter:

testing your
hypothesis.


Independent vs.
Manipulated Variable Dependent Variables

Responding Variable
 The variable that is  The variable that
being changed. changes as a
RESULT of the
 Only ONE variable independent
changed at a variable.
time!!!!!!!!!!

Independent Variable


Dependent Variable
Control the
experiment!!

Controlled

Experiment
 This can be  Or else, how do you
accomplished know which
when you only changed variable
have ONE variable caused the
manipulated at a results???
time!!
Data-Data-Data-Data-
Data!

Qualitative Data:
 
Quantitative Data:

 Descriptors such as:  Measureable


Quantities:
 Color, gender,
texture…  Size, temp, mass…
 What else??  What else???
Theory vs. Law

Theory:
 
Law:

 Widely tested and  Predictable results


generally from a set of
accepted. conditions.
 We’re talking  No one will argue that
WORLD WIDE, if you drop
people something, it falls
down (on earth)
“I have a theory!”

“No. No you don’t.”

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