1. SCIENTIFIC METHOD
VOCABULARY

2. Question
A problem that you cannot solve or something that you don’t understand, but want to know more about.

3. Research
Finding out information about your question. Looking in books or asking others to find out what is already known.

4. Hypothesis
An educated guess based on the information gathered during your research

5. Test
Planning and performing an experiment to see if your hypothesis is correct

6. Observe
During the experiment, taking measurements and looking at what is happening

7. Record Writing down your observations and measurements
Charts and tables are often used during this step

8. The information gathered during observation
Data
The information gathered during observation

9. Conclusion
The answer to the question based on the data gathered during experimentation