1. Scientific Method Notes

2. Science From Latin, “scire: to know”
Science used to apply to any endeavor that required knowledge or skill

4. PROBLEM
INFORMATION
HYPOTHESIS
EXPERIMENTS
DATA
CONCLUSIONS
REPEAT

6. 1. Identify a problem and gather information

7. Observations vs. Inferences

8. 2. Form a hypothesis

9. Must have a predictable outcome!
The hypothesis…
Must be testable!
Must have a predictable outcome!

10. 3. Test the hypothesis + =

11. Elements of the test Independent variable Dependent variable
Control(s)

12. 4. Record and analyze data
Table
Temp Productivity

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14. Example 1: Tomato plants
Example 2: Basil vs. Caterpillars

15. Class examples….