The Scientific Method, Web Exploration
Type in the following web address into the browser:
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/scientific_method/sci_method_main.html
1. Click on the picture in the center of the page to enter the application.
2. Click on the box that says “What is the Scientific Method?”
3. Now click the Forward arrow to read the mystery story and its solution. At
the end of the story, a BLUE box will pop up to explain how the mystery relates
to the scientific method.
4. Write the steps to the scientific method as given in the blue box:
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5. Now click “What is the question/problem to be solved,” then read the
information in the box and click “Lab 1.”
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Answer both questions and check your answers.
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Now click the forward arrow.
Based on this screen, what is a fact? _______________________________________
What is an opinion? ______________________________________________________
10. Click forward until you see the button “Facts and Inference Lab.”
complete this activity.
Click to
11. Click forward to the “Hypothesis” screen, then click “Try Some Situations”
Practice by making some hypotheses of your own.
12. Then read about Pasteur’s experiment, and click the button to identify
Pasteur’s hypothesis.
Write it here: ___________________________________________
13. Click forward to the section about Experiments.
good experiment.
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Identify three aspects of a
14. Complete the practice experiments and identify what is missing/incorrect
about the given experiments.
15. Validate your hypotheses from step 11.