1. How to write a good hypothesis.
Step 2 in the Scientific Method

2. an educated guess or prediction
What is a hypothesis?
an educated guess or prediction

3. How do you write a GREAT hypothesis?
Use the If, then formula If + independent variable, then + dependent variable Or…. If I change this, then this will happen.

4. Example
Problem: I wonder if the amount of food affects my cat’s weight? If I feed my cat a lot of food, then she will get fat.
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable

5. Try to use INCREASE and DECREASE in your hypothesis!
Remember…
Try to use INCREASE and DECREASE in your hypothesis!
Ex. IF I increase the amount of food I give my cat, THEN she her weight will increase.
You are predicting CAUSE and EFFECT

6. Now Try it on Your Own! ‘Hypothesis Practice”
Your homework:
‘Hypothesis Practice”
Create 5 hypothesis on your own.
Just ‘plug and chug’ in your variables!