The Scientic Method

The Scientic Method

Question/Problem Hypothesis Materials Method Observations Conclusion Evaluation Variables Bias Theory Law

Question/Problem

Explain A problem is the thing that you mostly worry about and sometimes you don't know what the answer might be. BRAIN POP

To answer a question it must be something that you can measure. sciencebuddies.org

Inference/Hypothesis
Explain An inference is a guess, it can be an educational guess or a non-educational guess. A hypothesis is an educational guess. BRAIN POP

It should be constructed in the way to help you answer your problem.

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Materials
Explain Materials are the things that you need for your experiment.

Method/Experiment
Explain An experiment is a test from your hypothesis. BRAIN POP

Method means the steps for your experiment.

Observations
Explain Observation: You check at your experiment if it is going good or bad. BRAIN POP

Conclusion
Explain Result in your experiment. BRAIN POP

Evaluation
Explain It means you have to x something.

Variables
Explain Something you have to change.

Bias
Explain If you have a bias on your experiment it means, you're not having a fair test.

Theory
Explain Theory is like a result but it has to be the same results over and over again.

Law
A law generalizes a body of observations.

Animal Camouage

Problem: How does camouage effect vision? Hypothesis: People would choose the contrasting colour over the matching colour.!

Materials: -1 a4 paper of green paper ! -I a4 page of green paper cut in 1inch squares! -Scissors! -I a4 page of brown paper cut in 1inch squares!

Method: ! ! 1. Cut 1 page of green and 1 page of brown paper into one inch squares.! 2. Arrange the squares onto a piece of green paper.! 3. Give subjects 5 seconds to grab as many pieces of paper as they can. Limit to subjects to picking up one piece at a time.! 4. Record how many green pieces and how many brown pieces subject picks up.! 5. Tally the results.! !

Conclusion: ! In the end most people picked up the contrasting colour. Here are the results when we tested 9 people:

Evaluation:! If we did the experiment again I think we could improve it by testing more people and also choosing colours that are closer together.

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Water Balloon Toss

Problem:! Will the balloon break in longer distances or shorter distances? Hypothesis:! The longer the distance between us the faster the balloon will break. Materials:! Several lled water balloons! A friend who doesn't mind getting wet

Method:! Pick up one balloon and stand facing your friend. ! Toss the balloon! After a successful catch, both of you take a step backwards.! After your friend tosses the balloon back to you, each of you takes another step backward.! Continue this process until the balloon breaks.! See how far apart you can get without breaking the balloon.

Observations:! We started by 3 meters away for each other then tried throwing the ball 4 times around but it didn't pop but it only popped when it hit something hard which doesn't count. When we were 8 meters apart the balloon popped much faster and easier. We noticed that The balloon seems to pop whenever we were further apart. The balloon seems to pop whenever it's in mid air. We noticed that the texture of the balloons affected when it popped. We realised that each balloon has a different texture. Each colour has a different way of popping. The higher we throw, the easier it breaks. On our last balloon it slid onto the ground and because of friction the balloon popped.! Conclusion:! When we were 8 meters apart the balloon seemed to pop the fastest and the easiest and our hypothesis has proven right. Theory:! The balloon kept on popping when we were further apart for each other and the higher we throw it, it would pop in the mid - air.

Variables:! Different amounts of water in the balloon and different sizes of balloons.

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! Excerpt From: Robinson, Tom. The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book. F+W Publications, Inc., 2001. iBooks. ! This material may be protected by copyright.! ! Check out this book on the iBooks Store: https://itunes.apple.com/ WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=384102029