Showing posts with label scientific method. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scientific method. Show all posts

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Scientific Method

Our focus last week and this week, will be on the scientific method. The scientific method may be written or explained many different ways, but we will focus on seven steps.

Problem / Purpose / Question
Research
Hypothesis
Controlled Experiment
Analyze Results
Conclusion
Possible Errors

In order to help us discover the scientific method last week, the students completed a lab on buoyancy. Here is a short video with some of their designs.




*** Important post in the middle of this week. Focus - Variables!