SCIENTIFI
C METHOD
• Objective:
Students will apply the steps of the scientific
method by conducting a simple ice melt
experiment, making a hypothesis, identifying
control and experimental groups, collecting
data, and drawing a conclusion.
DEFINITION
01 SHypothesis:
What I think will happen.
Control Group:
02 The setup where nothing changes (just water).
DEFINITION
03 S Experimental Group:
The setups where one thing changes (salt, sugar, or oil).
04 Conclusion:
What I learned.
ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES
Materials:
Ice cubes ❄️ Procedure: Label cups with
4 plastic cups 🥤 Water, Salt, Sugar, and Oil.
Add the same amount of liquid
Water, salt, sugar into each cup. Place 1 ice cube
in each cup. Start the timer.
, oil 🧂Timer or Watch what [Link]
your observations...
stopwatch
Marker/labels
Conclusion
Use the sentence frames to help you: - “I
thought ______________ would melt the
ice fastest.” - “I saw that _______________
melted more.” - “So I conclude
__________________ makes ice melt
fastest.”
Tim Water Salt Sugar Oil
e
2
min
4
min
6
min
Reflection Questions
1. Why do you think some liquids melted the ice faster?
____________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
2. What could we change to improve this experiment?
_____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
3. What other liquids could we test next time?
__________________________________________________
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4. Identify the following:
Independent variable (the thing we changed): _________________________
Dependent Variable (the thing we measured): _____________________
Control (things we kept the same): _______________________________
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