How does the scientific method help scientist acquire information?
What makes a good question?
Guide lines for a good question
Use a question that will lead to a big answer.
Use the term 'what if'
A bad question is when you ask a quest that can be answer in yes or no. It can also be answered in one word.
A bad question would be....Which is better, chocolate or vanilla ice cream?
Should be related to the hypothesis
A good question is when you don't use a yes or no question. It should take at least a complete sentence or two.
Which one will take longer to freeze and why? A gallon of water in a freezer, then it would to freeze one cup of water outside when the temperature is 21'F?
Always be able to have the answer to the question at the end of the experiment.
A good question is when the answer fully answers the question that was given.
If I give 3/4 of a cookie to 17 people how many full cookies will I have left?
What happens when an experiment does not lead to a hypothesis being supported?
Supportive and answers the question, after the experiment is over.
The steps to the scientific method are questioning, observation, hypothesis, and conclusion.
If the hypothesis is wrong, you can pick a different hypothesis or start a different experiment.
You will first start with the main question, then you can create hypothesis and then do the experiment. IF the experiment goes right then you can make your conclusion.
How can data collection be more accurate?
Using signature figures can really help because all you have to do is find the decimal and count the numbers to get your answer.
Using measurements can really help because they will give you an exact number if you do it right.
You could put it in a chart so that you can go back and figure out
Why is it important to know the metric system?
It is Important to know because every county exect 3 of them you the metric system. America is not one of those county but the bordering counties are.
The easy way to work with the metric system is by using the order of prefixes. The order in KHDbDCM. The only thing you have to do with the letters are move the decimal.
his system is easier because they go by the power of 10. It is also a lot easier to convert between all of the different types of measurement.