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observe your natural environment, and come up with a question that you would like to test using the scientific method. Remember, the scientific method is limited or restricted to investigating those physical phenomena that are:
* observable;
* measurable;
* repeatable;
* falsifiable.
You don’t actually have to conduct the experiment, but you will have to explain the steps of how you would set it up and conduct it. Here is a summary of the steps of the scientific method that you must address:
1. Define the problem. Look around your house or outside. Is there anything that you’re wondering about or have questions about? For instance, do you have any animals in the home? Maybe you have a hamster and wonder if it is more active in the day or at night. If you go outside, look at birds or insects. Maybe you wonder if ants have a food preference. Your question doesn’t have to involve live organisms. Maybe you wonder what type of material best blocks out the Sun or if your sense of sight or smell affects how food tastes. Think of a question you want answered and state it in the first box below.
2. Research the problem. Get on the Internet or go to your local library and conduct some research on your topic. For example, what does the research say about the activity of a hamster or the food preference of ants? Or what does the research say about materials that are used to block out the sun. Or what are the effects of sight or smell on our taste buds? For whatever problem you proposed, find some information on it to help you make an educated guess or hypothesis.
3. Construct a hypothesis. Formulate your hypothesis based on your research. What do you think the answer to your question is? State your hypothesis in an “if-then” format. For example, your hypothesis could be “If my hamster is placed in the maze in the morning, then it will finish the maze quicker than at it would finish it at night.” State your hypothesis statement in the second box below.
4. Design and conduct an experiment. Describe how you will set up your experiment and test your hypothesis in the third box below. You should state the materials that you will need and the measurements that you will make. Keep in mind the control group and experimental group, or any controlled or independent variables, if they apply.
5. Collect data. How will you set-up your data spreadsheet? What type of data will you record? Maybe you will record the amount of time the hamster takes to complete the maze in the morning versus at night. You may want to repeat the experiment to verify results. Include your data collection method in the third box below.
6. Draw conclusions. After reviewing your data, what are your results? Was your hypothesis correct or incorrect? If you did not actually conduct the experiment, describe the hypothetical results and the conclusion that can be drawn from those results. If your conclusion doesn’t support your hypothesis, how would you change your hypothesis or experiment in the future? Discuss your conclusion in the fourth box below.
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explain the steps of how you would set it up and conduct it. Here is a summary of the steps of the scientific method that you must address:
September 23rd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
what is your question any way?
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September 23rd, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Is this all about that hamster? If so
1-Problem statement: Hamster is more active during the daytime compare to night time.
2-Research: Just go and google some info about the hamster type;It is a mammal, It is not a nocturnal species and so on and so forth.
3-You can produce several experiment just from one problem statement. Since the word “active” itself is too general; it can be an experiment about the hamster rate of activity, sleeping hour etc.Include your hypothesis in each experiment.
4-The variable is the most important thing here. Controlled variable like age of the hamster,gender and physical state. Independent obviously the time of experiment.
5-Make a reading from sample for each our.12 hours-day and12-hours night(seriously you will not even have a chance to sleep).Record your observation in a table,plot a graph.Include any calculation related to this like the area of graph.Since the larger area of graph means that it is more active at that time.Make sure to conduct your observation on the hamster for at least 3 consecutive days.
6-Do the discussion part first before conclusion.Discussion is all about supporting statement for your conclusion.For example discuss about the reason for the controlled variable-the age of hamster need to be the same since younger hamster is more active than older one.Then about the time taken by the hamster to complete the maze during day and night; The time taken by the hamster to complete the maze at daytime is 3.52 and night is 7.32.(just purely a definitive and obvious statement,you don’t have to conclude here).
conclusion-since the time taken by the hamster to complete the maze on daytime is shorter than the night time,so the hamster is more active at daytime. Hypothesis is accepted(compare with your hypothesis back).
Done!!
I hope this can be helpful.
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