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THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD SCIENCE 8 CAL B 09/06/2022

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD


SCIENCE 8 CAL B

ACTIVITY # 1

Word Bank:

• Information • Educated • Answers


• Guess • Process • Question
• Steps • Problem • Organized

Choose the correct word from the Word Bank to fill in the blanks of the following statements:

What is the scientific method? It is a ____________ that is used to find ______________ to


questions about the world around us.

Is there only one “Scientific Method”? No, there are several versions of the scientific method.
Some versions have more ____________, while others may have only a few. However, they all
begin with the identification of a ______________ or a _______________to be answered based
on observations of the world around us and provide an ______________method for conducting,
analyzing, and experimenting.

What is a hypothesis? it is an _______________ _________________based on observations and


your knowledge of the topic.

What is data? It is _______________gathered during an experiment.

ACTIVITY # 2

Aisha was working in her Science Lab. She saw a mirror like object in the laboratory. Things looked
bigger when she was trying to look through it. But she doesn’t know the name of the object or for
what it is used for. Help her identify the name of the tool and its use using the scientific method.

Choose the correct statement to answer the questions.

STATEMENTS:

• She could see small objects were magnified


• She saw a mirror like object
• The object is a magnifying glass
• What is this object?
• If the object can make things look bigger, then it could be a magnifying glass
• She did some research and tried to magnify small things
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD SCIENCE 8 CAL B 09/06/2022

1. What is Aisha’s OBSERVATION?

2. What is the QUESTION she could have asked to solve her problem?

3. What is a HYPOTHESIS she could make?

4. What is an EXPERIMENT she could do?

5. What might be her RESULTS?

6. Suggest a CONCLUSION for her experiment and results.

ACTIVITY # 3

List the six steps if the Scientific Method:


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