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Page 1: Scientific Inquiry and Process

Scientific Inquiry and Process

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Science: way of understanding the unknown

The stepping stones of scientific processes

Methods by which questions are answered

What is Scientific Inquiry?

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I noticed a pen during homework

I dropped water on my homework

The ink smeared… different colors appeared

Observation

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Are their multiple colors in black ink?

Why are questions important in science?

What if you didn’t begin with a question?

The Question

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Questions are building blocks of inquiry

Without a question…process is unorganized

The question leads to possible solutions

Possible Outcomes

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What are possible answers to the question?

Possible hypotheses:There are multiple colors in ink

Ink only has the one color

The Hypothesis

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How can you separate the inks?

The ink smeared on wet paper

Use a chromatography experiment to test

Creating a Test

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Mark a paper with the ink

Fill a cup full with water

Place the inked paper in water

The Experimentation

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The paper will absorb up the water

Water will pass through the ink

The ink smears and shows different colors

Results of Experimentation

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What do the results say?

Were there multiple colors in the ink?

Data Analysis gives answers to the hypotheses

Data Analysis

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The experiment showed multiple colors

This proves ink is not just black

Do findings support or disprove hypotheses?

Make Conclusions

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Hypothesis: multiple colors in ink

The results agreed with the hypothesis

Are there any variables that affect outcomes?

Was the Hypothesis True?

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Hypothesis: Ink only has one color

The results did not agree with hypothesis

What would be your next step?

Was the Hypothesis False?

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Perform the experiment again

Use different types of pens

Will they have the same results?

The RE-DO

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Results are usually published in reports

Findings undergo the peer revision process

Revisions finalize the findings

Results and Reports

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The Steps of the Method:

Observation

Question

Hypothesis

Prediction

Test

Analyze/Conclusions

Repeat

The Scientific Method

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