1. THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

2. SCIENTIFIC METHOD
The process scientists use
to solve problems

3. PARTS OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

4. What the scientist wants to know
1. QUESTION
What the scientist
wants to know

5. 2. HYPOTHESIS
An educated guess
Written as an if…then… statement

6. The items needed to conduct experiment
3. MATERIALS
The items needed to
conduct experiment

7. 4. PROCEDURE
Steps the scientist
uses to conduct
experiment

8. Data collected during experiment Ex. Graphs, charts, tables
5. OBSERVATIONS
Data collected during
experiment
Ex. Graphs, charts, tables

9. 6. CONCLUSION
Result of the experiment
Was the Hypothesis
proved?

10. The
Scientific
Process