Scientific Method project

What makes a good question?

Resources- SM Slideshow page 7

Claim

You have to ask the question

Evidence

1. A good scientific question is one that can have an answer and be tested. For example: “Why is that a star?” is not as good as “What are stars made of?”

2. A good scientific question can be tested by some experiment of measurement that you can do. For example: “Where does the Sun come from? is not as good as “How will human skin react to solar radiation where one participant is covered in SPF 30 sunscreen lotion and the other participant is not covered in sunscreen lotion.

3. A good scientific question builds on what you already know. For example: “Will fertilizer make grass grow greener?” is not as good as “What types of fertilizer will make grass grow greener?”

4. A good scientific question, when answered, leads to other good questions. For example: “What is the flu” does not lead to as many questions as “How does the flu attack the human immune system?

Connections- walking, running, jumping, phone, cards, telephones

Vocab- Observation

What happens when an experiment doesn’t lead to a hypothesis being supported?

Subtopic

Resources- SM slideshow page 9,10,11

Claim- Just try and try again until you get it

Evidence

1. Keep trying

2. Repeat it over and over

3. Give it to someone else to try it

Subtopic

Connections- How you braid hair

Vocab-

Independent

Dependent

Constant

Control

How can data collection be more accurate?

Subtopic

Resources- SM slideshow 5

Claim- Make an observation

Evidence

Make an observation

A good observation:

Uses as many of the senses as possible

Can lead into a question and experiment

Observations will also be used throughout the scientific method process to gather information.

Connections- You need a recipe for what you want to cook that is your data

Vocab- Observation

Why is it important to know the metric system?

Subtopic

Claim- Because it has to do with numbers

Evidence

Because every single country uses it

The Metric System is a measurement system which uses Standard International Units. It is simple to learn and easy to use because of its decimal nature.

We use the metric system every day almost

Connections- like if you are in math you might use the metric system

Vocab- decimals