Scientific Method Flashcards

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Ask a research question which follows the format of ‘How does A affect B?

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Do some background research to see possible ways to conduct the experiment.

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Construct a hypothesis which is testable, specific, relates to scientific theories and predicts how the change in the independent variable will cause an effect in the dependent variable

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Conduct the experiment

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Analyze data and results from the experiment and see if it aligns with the hypothesis. Find average or mean after conducting the experiment 3 times

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Construct a scientific report

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