Scientific Method

Real Life Application of Scientific Method

The scientific method starts when you ask a question about something that you observe: How, What, When, Who, Which, Why, or Where?

You go out and do some research on the question or problem

A hypothesis is an educated guess about how things work.  A good hypothesis allows you to then make a prediction:

"If _____[I do this] _____, then _____[this]_____ will happen."

test whether your prediction is accurate by doing a fair test. You conduct a fair test by making sure that you change only one factor at a time while keeping all other conditions the same.

once your experiment is complete, you collect your measurements and analyze them to see if they support your hypothesis or not