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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
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
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