Scientific Method Quiz
Date: Friday, September 25, 2015
Students should be able to use the definitions:
Sequencing:
Write the steps of the Scientific Method that are mixed up order in
the correct order – Use your flashcards with the pictures and the game
format
Multiple Choice: Identify each step in a ‘real classroom” experiment or
choose the correct definition – Use your flashcards with definitions to play
the matching game and give an example from everyday life
The 9 steps of the Scientific Method:
(Definitions on your flash cards that we made in class.)
1. Observation: Scientists look at the world around them and notice problems.
They also use their five senses during the experiment to notice the materials and
what is happening.
2. Think of a Question: Scientists ask a scientific question about a problem that
they notice and base it on background knowledge and the materials they have.
3. Research Topic: Scientists learn all they can about their topic and materials by
reading books, using the internet and learning what other scientists did with the
same materials or experiment.
4. Make a hypothesis: Scientists write an educated guess or prediction about what
they think will happen.
5. Plan the Experiment: Scientist record the steps they will follow in an
experiment so that other scientists can repeat the experiment.
6. Conduct the Experiment: Scientists test the hypothesis by following all of the
steps in the procedure. They control all of the parts except for one variable that
they are studying.
7. Record the data: As scientists perform the experiment, they measure what
happened with the materials and show it in notes, pictures, or graphs.
8. Analyze the data: After the experiment is complete, scientists review their data
and think about what happened so they can explain it.
9. Conclusion: Scientists write a summary that explains the data and connects back
to the hypothesis to answer if it was correct.
Want some extra review?
Brain Pop.com You can go to Brain Pop.com and watch the movie on the Scientific
Method