The Scientific Method, brought to you by Dani

Scientific Method is a rational and logical set of steps that scientists use to test theories and draw conclusions.

There are six simple steps to the scientific method, and they are…

1.        Ask a question.

2.        Do some research on the topic.                                  

3.        Come up with a hypothesis based on the question.

4.        Test your hypothesis with an experiment.

1.        Analyze the results of the experiment.

2.        Draw a conclusion from the results.

Some interesting facts about the Scientific Method:

• No one really invented the scientific method rather the method was just put together through time.
• Some of the greatest minds helped to shape the scientific method such as Aristotle,  and Galileo.
• The Scientific Method is the backbone to every science experiment.
• There are two types of the scientific method. The experimental method uses numerical data and graphs while the descriptive data uses visual observations and interviewing.

ARISTOTLE                           GALILEO

Why is the scientific method important to us?

                The scientific method is one of the most important parts of science because it neatly organizes a way for us to test our

                theories and draw conclusions through experiments.

A few questions to consider!

1.        Why do you think it is important to organize our experiments and data that we have gotten from our hypothesis?

2.        Do you think scientific method will change in the future or will it always stay the way it is now?

The End!!!

Note from Ms. Raino: If anyone can be called an inventor of the scientific method, it would be Ibn al-Haytham and Al-Biruni, who both pioneered sets of scientific, experimental based inquiry in the 1020s and 1030s