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Published on Nov 18, 2015

The steps of the scientific method for 6th grade

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SCIENTIFIC METHOD

METHODICALLY DOING SCIENCE
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STEP 1

  • Question to answer/problem to solve
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STEP 2

  • Hypothesis - a reasonable guess as to the outcome; a prediction
  • I predict
  • I guess
  • I believe
  • I think
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STEP 3

  • Variables
  • Any item, factor, or condition that can be changed
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CONTROLLED VARIABLE

THE PART OF THE EXPERIMENT THAT DOES NOT CHANGEI
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Independent variable

Part of the experiment that does change
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dependent variable

part of the experiment that is measured 
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Step 4

  • Experiment!
  • This is the fun part! Performing the experiment and looking for the outcome
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step 5

  • collect and record data
  • this is where quantitative and qualitative observations are recorded
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step 6

  • Conclusion
  • analysis of data that should point back to the hypothesis
  • i conclude
  • i discovered
  • i proved
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