Scientific Methods (Section 1.3)

• 1.3 Cornell Notes

– due on Mon, Sept 09

– 5 questions

– 5-sentence summary

• Use the scientific method to explain the Magic

Candle activity

– Due at the end of period today

– Write a paragraph using the key terms (underline them)

Cooperative Work and Group

Communication

• Everyone has different ideas about describing

how something works or how to solve a

problem

• Communicating ideas with one another is

important when people are working together

• Developing a systematic approach that

everyone agrees upon is an important way to

work together as a group to solve problems

Scientific Methods

1. Make OBSERVATIONS: qualitative and

quantitative data

2. Form an HYPOTHESIS

3. Perform EXPERIMENTS (control, independent

and dependent variables)

4. Form a CONCLUSION

5. Form a THEORY or SCIENTIFIC LAW

6. Come up with new ideas or questions/redo

experiment

Scientific Method can be a circular

process

Scientific Method can be a nonlinear

process

Draw Conclusions

Analyze Data

Test/Experiment

Form a Hypothesis

Gather Information

State the Problem

Summarize

Was your Hypothesis True or False?

What next?

Look for changes and relationship

Make Graphs

Quantitative/Qualitative Data

Independent variable (X Axis)

Dependent Variable (Y Axis)

Control Group – Negative Control

Positive Control

Often an

If____ then_____statement

Background Research

First ask a question