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The basic steps that scientists follow in uncovering facts and solving scientific problems
Scientific Method
Is a systematic way of solving a problem and answering questions about the world around us.
Scientific Method
give one components of scientific mathod
Making an observation *Asking question *formulating a hypothesis *Performing an experiment *Recording and analyzing results *Drawing conclusion * Communicating
is the process of getting information about the things around you.
Observation
what do you use to observe things around you?
senses
give the 5 types of senses
smell,sight,touch,hearing,taste
is a question that you want to solve or the things you want to discover.
Problem
is an educated guess, a tentative answer, or a potential answer to the question or problem asked.
Hypothesis
are the factors or parameters that we controlled, changed or measured in an experiment.
Variables
is a series of tests used to verify the hypothesis.
Experiment
are the measurable characteristics or parameters that can be modified or changed in an experiment.
Variables
what are the three types of variables?
Independent, Dependent,Controlled Variables
are the information that you gathered in your experiment.
Data
is the summary of the results you gathered in your experiment.
Conclusion
Informing others about the results of the experiment.
Communicating Results
“ There is no such thing as the scientific method, one might easily discover by asking several scientists to define it. One would find, I am sure, that no two of them would exactly agree. Indeed, no two scientists work and think in just the
Joel H. Hildebrand
