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Second Grade
Scientific Method Defined
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Observe and ask questions
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What are you interested in? Your question
should be answered by your
experiment/research. |
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Find out information on your topic.
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Form a
hypothesis
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Make a prediction of what you think
is going to happen. What do you
think will answer your question? A
hypothesis is a scientific
explanation that you can test. You
must be able to do a fair test of
the hypothesis.
A "fair test"
occurs when you change only one factor
(variable) and keep all other conditions
the same.
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Plan an experiment in which you can test
your hypothesis. How will you collect
data, keep a record of the experiment
(journal), variables, and controls? |
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Do the experiment and collect results |
This is the experiment you will do. This
is your materials, constant (control),
and the variable (what you are
changing).
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Analyze results
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This is all the data you have collected
and use to to figure out what happened
in your experiment. |
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Draw conclusions |
Look at data, was your hypothesis
correct? How or would you change the
experiment?
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Share your results with others
-classmates, teachers, friends, parents,
etc. What did you learn? |
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