The Scientific Method has 7 Steps

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The Scientific Method has 7 Steps

• Its time to look at each step, one at a time.
  But first, on your lab work sheet, please enter
  what time it is right now for question 2. After
  youve answered 2, click on the clock to
  continue.
• p.s. Theres an electronic quiz that youll need
  to
• complete and submit to me at the end of this
  activity.

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Step by StepA guide to understanding the
Scientific Method
Click on the pictures in this corner to begin and
progress through this activity.
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Step 1 Purpose

• The purpose statement tells why you are doing the
  investigation and may begin with To find out

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Step 2 Information

• During this step you gather information about
  your subject. This includes, but is not limited
  to your prior experience, reviewing research
  materials, discussing the topic with others, and
  recording all of the above in your journal.

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Step 3 Hypothesis

• After collecting information, you take and state
  what you think will happen as a result of the
  investigation. This is a possible explanation or
  logical prediction stated clearly and concisely.
  Your hypothesis usually begins with, If , then

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Step 4 Procedure

• These are the exact steps (written out before you
  begin) needed in order to perform the actual
  investigation. Procedures also include the
  materials needed to carry out the investigation.
  

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Step 5 Results

• The results are an organized presentation of your
  experiment or investigation. The information you
  obtained from the experiment can be expressed in
  many ways, such as a graph or table, a picture,
  or even a paragraph.

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Step 6 Conclusion

• The conclusion summarizes what happened in the
  experiment and tells whether your hypothesis was
  proven to be correct or incorrect.

The thumbs up means they were correct in
following the procedures and reached the correct
conclusion after following the directions.
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Step 7 Possible Errors

• Possible errors are things that happen during the
  experiment over which you have no control and
  they can alter the results of your experiment. He
  was supposed to record our data?
• Can we wake him up?

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Heres a quick review of the steps
1. Purpose
5. Results
2. Information
6. Conclusion
3. Hypothesis
7. Possible Errors
4. Procedure
Remember to click on the picture here
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Quiz Instructions

• Youll need to be pay attention to the pictures
  below, they are the answers to the questions.
  Youll find out immediately if youve given the
  correct answer, if not, youll be directed back
  to the question again.
• After youve answered 3 on the worksheet, click
  on the clock in the corner to begin.

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Question 1

• The picture below represents students completing
  which step in the scientific method?

Step 6 Conclusion
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Question 2

• The picture below shows students completing which
  step?

Step 4 Procedure
Step 6 Conclusion
Step 7 Possible Errors
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Question 3

• What is the first step in the scientific method?

Information
Purpose
Results
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Question 4

• When someone doesnt start/stop the timer at the
  right time, this would be considered as a(n)

Informational Text
Possible Error
Procedural Step
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Question 5
Hypothesis

• When I need to look for more resources or tell
  about what I already know about the investigation
  before we start the lab, it is known as which
  step?

Results
Information
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Question 6

• If you make a prediction about what will happen
  as a result of your investigation, then it is
  called this

Step 3 Hypothesis
Step 6 Conclusion
Step 1 Purpose
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Question 7

• Data from my investigation is called evidence and
  this helps me to present my data in an organized
  manner. This step is called what? Remember to
  click on the picture.

Possible Errors
Results
Procedure
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Purpose for the first question?

• Remember that the procedural step is where you
  start with your investigation. The purpose
  statement usually contains the words, To find
  out.
• The picture showed something different.

Back to question 1...
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Purpose? Well for question 6?

• Remember the question was asking about
  predictions.
• You know, If, then statements are hypothesis
  statements. The purpose statement usually
  contains the words, To find out.

Back to the question 6...
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Purpose - Youre right! Way to go!

• The purpose is where everything starts for us.
  It is the 1st step in our method and we usually
  write out the purpose statement something like
  this The purpose is to find out

Question 4 please
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Information? Not quite. Lets reconsider this
one

• The Information step is where we list what we
  already know and then gather more information or
  resources, as needed.
• Which step are we looking for? I thought it was
  the first one.

Step 2 Information
Back to question 3
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Informational Text? Not quite. Lets reconsider
this one

• Informational text provides information for us to
  refer to and use.
• When something gets messed up in the experiment,
  then we call it something different.

Back to question 4
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Information - YES! Keep up the great work!

• The Information step (Step 2) is where we list
  what we already know and then gather more
  information/resources, as needed.

Step 2 Information
Question 6 please...
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Hypothesis? For question 1?

• Lets get back on the right track!
• Remember that the hypothesis begins with If.,
  then
• Lets go back to that picture and take a second
  look.

Back on the train and back to question 1...
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An Educated Guess is a...

• Hypothesis. Are you off track? Lets get back
  on the right track!
• The question was about some one not starting the
  timer correctly.

Back on the train and back to question 4...
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Hypothesis for question 5?

• The hypothesis is your educated guess.
• Gathering information is not about your
  hypothesis.

Back to question 5, youre almost done.
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Hypothesis is correct!

• I like your thinking! Youre right on track!
• For example a good hypothesis would be If we
  use a 15 cm ramp, then the dowel will go down the
  ramp faster than if we use a 12 cm ramp.

Question 7 please...
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Is Procedural Step your answer for 4?

• Remember that procedure has to do with the
  written steps and materials that are necessary to
  complete the lab.
• Remember we were trying to figure out what we
  call it when someone messes up.

Back to question 4...
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Procedures your answer for 7?

• Remember that procedure has to do with the
  written steps and materials that are necessary to
  complete the lab.
• If I remember correctly, the question was asking
  about evidence and presenting data.

Back to question 7...
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Procedure - Yes!

• The procedure does have the steps and materials
  all written out before we start the lab.
• Aspen and Tiffany are doing the lab according to
  the procedure.

Question 3 please...
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Results? Hmmm Lets think about this.

• The results are an organized presentation of your
  experiment or investigation.
• The information you obtained from the experiment
  can be expressed in many ways such as a graph, a
  picture, or even a paragraph.
• The first step is what?

Back to question 3
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Results? Hmmm Resourcesthey both start with
r.

• The results are an organized presentation of your
  experiment or investigation.
• Were looking for the answer about gathering
  resources.

Back to question 5
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Results! Yes! Terrific answer. Youve been
paying attention.

• The results are an organized presentation of your
  experiment or investigation.
• Results can be expressed in many ways graphs,
  tables, charts, a picture, or even a paragraph.

Question 8 please...
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Conclusion? Lets think about this for question
2

• The conclusion summarizes what happened in the
  experiment and tells whether your hypothesis was
  proven to be correct or incorrect.
• Lets go back to the picture and look again -
  Its not about conclusions.

Back to question 2...
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Conclusion? Lets think about this

• The conclusion summarizes what happened in the
  experiment and tells whether your hypothesis was
  proven to be correct or incorrect.
• The question was asking about predictions we make
  before we begin about what will happen

Back to question 6...
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Conclusion - Nice job!

• The conclusion does summarize what happened in
  the experiment and tells whether your hypothesis
  was proven to be correct or incorrect.
• Travis and Katie are excited that they were able
  to correctly complete the lab.

Question 2 please...
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Possible Errors for 2?
Hey, wake up!

• Lets think about who might be sleeping? Is it
  you? I hope not.
• Lets go back to question 2 and look at the
  picture of the girls using the dowel and the
  ramp.

Back to question 2...
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7 Possible Errors
Hey, wake up! Sleeping again?

• This is not the answer!
• Lets go back to question 7 and think about what
  we call evidence being presented in an organized
  manner.

Back to question 7...
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Possible Errors - Yes! You are absolutely
correct!

• Possible errors are things outside of our control
  that can alter the results of our experiment.
• He messed up our results because he didnt start
  the timer when he was supposed to.

Question 5 please
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Way too cool! Youre done!

• Please write down what the young scientist is
  saying on your worksheet for question 4.
• One last thing what time is it? (Please record
  your answer on the line for Question 5 on the
  worksheet.)
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• So...hit the escape key NOW!