ALL ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD MISS CASE’S 4 TH GRADE CLASS
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- ALL ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD MISS CASES 4 TH GRADE
CLASS
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- Ask a Question Do Background Research Construct a Hypothesis
Test Your Hypothesis Analyze Your Data Draw a Conclusion Report
Your Results Steps of the Scientific Method
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- ASK A QUESTION Ask yourself: How, What, When, Who, Which, Why,
or Where? The answer to your question must be something that you
can measure, preferably with a number, for the scientific method to
work.
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- DO BACKGROUND RESEARCH Use your local library or the internet
to research your topic or experiment. Allows you to find awesome
new ways to conduct your experiment. Prevents you from making
common mistakes during your experiment.
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- What is a hypothesis? A hypothesis is an educated guess about
what you think will happen during your experiment. A hypothesis
helps you answer the question you asked in the ask a question step.
It is usually worded in the format of: If I do this, then this will
happen. o For example: If I raise the temperature of the burner,
then the water will come to a boil. CONSTRUCT A HYPOTHESIS
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- TEST YOUR HYPOTHESIS The experiment you perform will test
whether or not your hypothesis is true. Your experiment needs to be
a fair test which means: You should change only one factor at a
time while keeping all other conditions the same. You should repeat
the experiment several times so that you know you didnt make any
mistakes. 4 th graders performing an experiment in class
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- ANALYZE YOUR DATA After you complete the experiment, you must
collect your measurements and analyze your data to find out if your
hypothesis is true or false. When looking at your data, ask
yourself these questions: Is it complete, or did you forget
something? Do you need to collect more data? Did you make any
mistakes? You can even make a chart or graph to clearly show your
data to others. You can use a pie chart, bar graph, and many
more!
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- EXAMPLE OF CHARTS AND GRAPHS Bar Graph - Vertical Bar Graph -
Horizontal Pie Graph
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- DRAW A CONCLUSION A conclusion summarizes how your results help
or hurt your hypothesis. Ask yourself, did your data make the
hypothesis true or false? Work in a small group to draw conclusions
and get ideas.
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- REPORT YOUR RESULTS Ways to report your final results: Final
Report Creative Display o Display Board o PowerPoint project o
Digital Story
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- DISPLAY BOARD EXAMPLES
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- SOURCES Science Buddies Steps of the Scientific Method
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-
projects/project_scientific_method.shtml