The Process used to answer questions and solve problems. Scientific Method The Process used to answer questions and solve problems.

Inquiry The word Science is derived from Latin and means “to know” Inquiry is the search for Information and explanation Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings

Problem / Question State the problem or question. Like….what kind of bug spray kills ants the quickest?

Research Gather information in the form of research. (articles, magazines, journals, internet, etc)

Hypothesis A hypothesis is a tentative answer to your question or problem(should be research based) Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings

Experiment Experiment to test your hypothesis Independent variable-. What you are testing. Dependent variable- what you measure Constants- things that you keep the same to keep the experiment fair

Data Make observations about the experiment and record them in the form of data. (usually graphs and tables.)

Analyze Analyze the data (figure out what it means)

Conclusions Draw conclusions about your hypotheses from the data.

Repeat Repeat the experiment to make sure it is reliable. If the results continue to support the hypothesis, it can be called a theory. Law – naturally occurs and we can’t always explain it (gravity)