0.1 Scientific method part
Name: ______________________
Class: _________
Science-‐ 0.1 Scientific method part I
Date: _________
Aim: SWBAT identify the first three steps of the scientific method Do Now: Directions: Read the information provided and answer the questions. You want to know if the more times you compliment your mother, the later she will let you stay out. 1. What additional information, if any, would you need before you started? 2. What is your prediction? 3. How would you test out your prediction? Class Notes The Steps of the Scientific Method (1-‐3) Step #1: Choose a ______________________. What do you want to explore? Ask a question about it. §
Choose something that _________________________.
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Choose something that can be answered with a(n) ___________________________.
Step #2: ____________________ your problem. What is already known about your topic? §
Look in ______________ and on the internet.
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Define key words.
Step #3: Develop your ________________________. What do you think the answer to your question or problem will be? §
A hypothesis is a(n) _______________ guess.
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Use the format: ______________________.
Practice: Directions: Write “T” for testable and “NT” for non-‐testable. Remember to label! ___________1) Which refrigerator works the best? ___________2) What type of Drano is able to dissolve the most hair? ___________3) Which type of battery lasts the longest? __________ 4) Can a dog catch a cold? _________ 5) Does extending the wings of a paper airplane allow it to fly further? __________6) How many deer live in the woods behind my backyard? __________7) Which is most likely to float: iron, plastic, or wood? __________8) What is the effect of an electrical field on the movement of fruit flies?
Practice continued… 1) What do you think will happen if you try to drive a car with no gas in it? I think that if ____________________________________________________ then, ___________________________________________________________ 2) What do you think will happen if you put a hamburger in front of a dog? I think that if ____________________________________________________________ then, _________________________________________________________________ 3) What do you think will if you put gum in your hair? I think that if _____________________________________________________________ then, ______________________________________________________________________ 4) What do you think will happen if you don’t brush your teeth for a year? I think that if _____________________________________________________ then, _________________________________________________________________ 5) What do you think will happen if you try to feed your pet cat spinach?
I think that if ______________________________________________________
then, ___________________________________________________________________ 6) What do you think will happen if Emely tries to sing some Beyonce? I think that if_____________________________________________________ then, ___________________________________________________________
Class: _________
Science-‐ 0.1 Scientific method part I
Date: _________
Aim: SWBAT identify the first three steps of the scientific method Do Now: Directions: Read the information provided and answer the questions. You want to know if the more times you compliment your mother, the later she will let you stay out. 1. What additional information, if any, would you need before you started? 2. What is your prediction? 3. How would you test out your prediction? Class Notes The Steps of the Scientific Method (1-‐3) Step #1: Choose a ______________________. What do you want to explore? Ask a question about it. §
Choose something that _________________________.
§
Choose something that can be answered with a(n) ___________________________.
Step #2: ____________________ your problem. What is already known about your topic? §
Look in ______________ and on the internet.
§
Define key words.
Step #3: Develop your ________________________. What do you think the answer to your question or problem will be? §
A hypothesis is a(n) _______________ guess.
§
Use the format: ______________________.
Practice: Directions: Write “T” for testable and “NT” for non-‐testable. Remember to label! ___________1) Which refrigerator works the best? ___________2) What type of Drano is able to dissolve the most hair? ___________3) Which type of battery lasts the longest? __________ 4) Can a dog catch a cold? _________ 5) Does extending the wings of a paper airplane allow it to fly further? __________6) How many deer live in the woods behind my backyard? __________7) Which is most likely to float: iron, plastic, or wood? __________8) What is the effect of an electrical field on the movement of fruit flies?
Practice continued… 1) What do you think will happen if you try to drive a car with no gas in it? I think that if ____________________________________________________ then, ___________________________________________________________ 2) What do you think will happen if you put a hamburger in front of a dog? I think that if ____________________________________________________________ then, _________________________________________________________________ 3) What do you think will if you put gum in your hair? I think that if _____________________________________________________________ then, ______________________________________________________________________ 4) What do you think will happen if you don’t brush your teeth for a year? I think that if _____________________________________________________ then, _________________________________________________________________ 5) What do you think will happen if you try to feed your pet cat spinach?
I think that if ______________________________________________________
then, ___________________________________________________________________ 6) What do you think will happen if Emely tries to sing some Beyonce? I think that if_____________________________________________________ then, ___________________________________________________________
