Scientific method

What is Science defined as?

Way of thinking, process, product, and community endeavor

A process requires?

Way of thinking and scientific attitudes and values

Scientific methods aims to find?

Answers to questions

What is another name of a scientific investigation?

Science investigory Project

A product consists of?

Facts, theories, and laws

Community endeavor results from?

Collaboration and sharing of knowledge

Process employs ?

Basic and intergrated process

What lasts longer than theory

Laws

Where did the word Science comes from?

It comes from the latin word Scientia, meaning knowledge

What is also the simple definition of science?

Is the knowledge you gained from using observations and experiments to describe and explain the world around us

While making observations, scientists often collect?

data.

Observations are most useful when they involve?

quantitive data

what are quantitive data?

Data that can be measured in numbers.

This the process of determining the dimensions of the object and other characterictics of precise units

Measuring

Data are of little use unless they are organized.

Organizing Data

How can you oranize data?

By making them in a graph, chart, table, or a map

The process of formulating testable statments about observable phenomena

Hypothesizing

To test the hypothesis, a scientist usually makes a ______ taht follows from the hypothesis

Predicting

Tested through careful observationd in a natural setting such as a field of study

Experimenting

Whats an inference

A smart guess about whats happening now or what already happened

What is prediction?

This is a smart guess about what will happen next

What is qualitative?

Is what you see, feel, smell, hear, taste (5 senses)

What is quantitative

What you can count or measure

This is the heart of your investigation

Aim or problem

A good aim is?

Clear and specific, answerable through an experiment, and measurable

It should be a focused question about what you want to investigate

Clear and specific

The question should be something u can test by collecting data.

Answerable through an experiment

able to measure or observe something

Measurable

This is an educated guess.

Hypothesis

Hypothesis must be?

SMART

What does SMART stand for?

Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time bound

Is a controlled procedure that confirms or rejcts an Hypothesis

experiment

A group where you change something to see if something happens

Experimental setup

A group where you dont change anything so you can compare with the group you change (aka, staying normal)

Control setup

This is the list of tools and supplies that you need too confuct to ur experiment

Materials and Equipment

Have everything needed to carry out your procedures effectively.

Adequacy

Choose materials that are safe to use and handle

Safety

Ensure the materials are readily available or easily obtainable

Availability

This is a detailed step by step plan for conducting ur experiment

Method or procedure

A good method should be?

Clear and concise, Sequential, Repeatable

Write specific instructions that are easy to follow and understand

Clear and concise

List the steps in the order they will be performed

Sequential

Should be written in a way that allows others to repeat your experiment and get similar results.

Repeatable

factors in the experiment that can be changed

Variable

Variable you change during an experiment

Independent variable

The variable you observe depend on the changes in the independent variable

Dependent variable

kept constant during experiment

Controlled variable

Only 1 variable is changed

Fair test

Kept constant

Control setup

There is one change in 1 variable

experimental setup

are the info u get in ur experiment

data

step where you will report, interpret, and explain of what happened in ur experiment

recording data and analyzzying results

Summarizes a natural occurance

Scientific law

explanation based on many repeated observsations during experiments

Theory

Informing others abt the results of the experiment

Communicating results

Components of a scientific method

making an observation, asking a question, forming an hypothesis, performing an experiment, recording and analyzing results, drawing a conclusion, communicating the results

structured display of numerical data

tables