1. SCIENTIFIC METHOD
-A PROCESS FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS OR SOLVING PROBLEMS -NOT NECESSARILY DONE IN ANY ORDER -HAS 6 PARTS

2. You use of your senses to gather info
1- PURPOSE
What do you observe?
You use of your senses to gather info
Ask for some observations from class
What would your
observation be?

3. 2- GATHER INFO/ RESEARCH
- describe (qual) or measure (quan) what we see and research similar situations to observe the difference
-How would we describe or measure these situation?

4. 3- HYPOTHESIS A solution to the problem or reason for a situation
- Stated in an if…then… because statement
What would be a good hypothesis for this situation?
If the plant is healthy then it had light because plants need light to live

5. 4-EXPERIMENT create a situation with ONE variable to test
and create another situation with a different variable everything else is CONSTANT
How could you recreate this experiment to compare results?

6. 2 types of Variables- parts of an experiment to prove or disprove a hypothesis
Independent -manipulating variable
- determines or affects a dependent variable
- “What do I change?”
Amount of light
Dependent – responding variable
- what is affected or what you
measure
- depends on independent variable
- “ What I observe?”
Health of plant

7. THE DEPENDENT DEPENDS ON THE INDEPENDENT

8. 5-ANALYSIS What does the test tell you?
What have you learned from your results?
If a plant has more light it will be healthier

9. 6-CONCLUSION -STATE what happened in your ANALYSIS
EXPLAIN any experimental error
How else could you do this experiment?
My Analysis showed that light helps plants live. Could have used a timer for the light. Could also have tried to use natural light instead of the lamp.