Scientific Method

5. the FACTS of what happened in the research or experiment
6. what you already know or have found out about the problem or question from reliable sources
7. type of observation dealing with numbers of quantities
10. type of variable that changed as a results of what the experimenter changed - also known as the responding variable.
11. an interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge
13. includes what you learned in the experiment, whether your results supported or refuted the hypothesis.
15. what you want to find out!

1. an act of noting and recording an actual event, characteristic, behavior or anything else detected with the senses or an instrument to collect data.
2. an observation based on the senses
3. the group you are testing
4. How you plan to do the experiment -• Written in concise (to the point), numbered steps that start with a verb
8. the educated guess about what will happen
9. the information collected during the experiment
12. type of variable that the experimenter changes - also known as the manipulated variable
14. type of variable that scientists try to keep the same throughout an experiment - also known as a constant