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The Steps of Scientific Method
    Step 1: Identify the Problem
  • What do you want to know or explain?
  • Use observations you have made to write a question that addresses the problem or topic you want to investigate.
  Step 2: Form a Hypothesis
  • What do you think will happen?
  • Predict the answer to your question or the outcome of the experiment.
  Step 3: Create an Experiment
  • How will you test your hypothesis?
  • Develop a procedure for a reliable experiment and address safety rules.
  Step 4: Perform the Experiment
  • Follow the steps in your procedure to perform your experiment.
  • Record data and observations!
  Step 5: Analyze the Data
  • Is the data reliable?
  • Does your data and observations from the experiment support your hypothesis?
  Step 6: Modify the Experiment
  • This is only done if you found that your data was not reliable.
  • Rewrite your procedure to address the flaws in the original experiment.
  Step 7: Conclusion
  • Write a conclusion that summarizes the important parts of your experiment and the results.
  • Always state whether your hypothesis was correct or not (WHAT), and the evidence from your data that proves it one way or another (WHY).
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