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The scientific method is a systematic approach for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, and correcting previous knowledge, aimed at solving problems or enhancing understanding. It involves steps such as making observations, asking questions, forming and testing hypotheses, analyzing data, and drawing conclusions. This method is utilized in everyday situations, often unconsciously, to address various inquiries.

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The scientific method is a systematic approach for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, and correcting previous knowledge, aimed at solving problems or enhancing understanding. It involves steps such as making observations, asking questions, forming and testing hypotheses, analyzing data, and drawing conclusions. This method is utilized in everyday situations, often unconsciously, to address various inquiries.

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What is the Scientific Method?

⚫ Scientific method is the technique for


1. investigating stuff
2. acquiring new knowledge

3. correcting previous knowledge

⚫ It’s basically a plan for gathering, organizing, and


communicating information.
⚫ The goal of any scientific method is to solve a problem or to
better understand your observations
Basic steps of scientific method
1. Make an observation
2. Ask a question
3. Collect Information
4. Form a hypothesis
5. Test hypothesis (experiment)
6. Analyze data
7. Draw conclusion
Everyone uses the scientific method
everyday, you just don’t know it
Observation/Question: Car won’t crank. Why?

Cars need gas and a battery to


Collect Information: run

Hypothesis: If I change the battery, then the


car will crank.
Test (Experiment): Replace the battery

Results: Car cranked right up.

Cars will not crank without a


Conclusion:
Scientific Method Steps 1-4
⚫ Begins with an observation (I see smoke in the
distance)
⚫ that leads to a question. (what’s causing the smoke)
⚫ Collect information about your topic (smoke usually
comes from fire)
⚫ Form a hypothesis – a possible answer that you can test;
always an if__, then__ statement. (If I see smoke, then
something is burning.)
Scientific Method Step 5
Conduct an Experiment
⚫A good experiment
tests only one
variable at a time.
⚫No experiment is a
failure.
Scientific Method Step 6
⚫ Analyze data
⚫ If data DOES NOT support hypothesis,
then you need to revise the hypothesis and
retest
⚫ If data supports hypothesis, then
additional testing is needed before
developing a theory
Scientific Method Step 7
⚫ Draw your Conclusion
⚫ After testing several times, report what
you found
⚫ Not looking for right or wrong answer, just
information

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