The 6 steps to the Scientific Method

1. 1. Question

1.1. The first step in the Scientific Method is to as a question!

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2. 2. Research

2.1. The second step in the Scientific Method is to do some Research!

2.1.1. When you have your question, begin to research over the topic and begin to form an opinion about it!

3. 3.Hypothesis

3.1. The third step in the Scientific Method is to form a Hypothesis! After doing some research over your question, you will form an opinion about it and then that is your hypothesis!

4. 4. Experiment

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4.1.1. The fourth step in the Scientific Method is to experiment! Your experiment tests whether your prediction is accurate and thus your hypothesis is supported or not. It is important for your experiment to be a fair test. You conduct a fair test by making sure that you change only one factor at a time while keeping all other conditions the same.

5. 5. Data and Analysis from Experiment

5.1. After your experiment, look back at all of the data that was gathered during the expirement. Then determine whether or not your hypothesis was correct.

6. 6. Conclusion

6.1. Conclude whether to accept or reject your hypothesis. There is no right or wrong outcome to an experiment, so either result is fine. Accepting a hypothesis does not necessarily mean it's correct! Sometimes repeating an experiment may give a different result. In other cases, a hypothesis may predict an outcome, yet you might draw an incorrect conclusion. Communicate your results. The results may be compiled into a lab report or formally submitted as a paper. Whether you accept or reject the hypothesis, you likely learned something about the subject and may wish to revise the original hypothesis or form a new one for a future experiment.

7. Steps of the Scientific Method