Grade 7 RS1_LC1

SDO LAGUNA STEM – P WORKSHEET

RESEARCH I QUARTER 4
Hi there my dear student! Today, you and your classmates will begin a new week of distance learning. We are all physically away from
each other do not think that you are alone in this learning journey. There are other students learning with you too. And also I will closely guide
and assist you in your lessons. Please be guided of the following:
 This study guide will help you with the flow of the activity and the lesson.
 Answer the activities on a separate sheet of paper. (Please take care and do not write anything on your module
and other activity sheets.)
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 Compile all your answer sheets at the end of the week and wait for the announcement when to submit them.
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Time allotment: 2 hours Let us make learning science fun and exciting!

What you need to learn?

At the end of the lesson you should be able to: 1. List steps in scientific method;
2. Define each step of scientific method;
3. Apply the scientific method in an experiment.

Lesson: THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

Lesson Steps

Have you ever wondered?

 Does music have an effect on the plant growth?
 Can mice learn?

Science is an integral part of our life. The purpose of science is to create scientific knowledge. It is
characterized in an essential way by what is commonly called as the scientific method. The main content of
this method is a set of general rules, criteria as how to set a scientific research.

Let’s Try to Figure out!

Learning Task 1: Can you find the 5 hidden words in the puzzle? Encircle the word that
you will find.

 OBSERVATION
 QUESTION
 CONCLUSION
 HYPOTHESIS
 EXPERIMENT

Reminder: Answer the activity on a separate sheet of paper.

Please do not write anything on the Research Worksheet
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 What is a SCIENTIFIC METHOD?

Scientific method, mathematical and experimental technique employed in the sciences. More specifically, it is
the technique used in the construction and testing of a scientific hypothesis.

STEPS OF THE SIENTIFIC METHOD

1. Observing- the action or process of observing something or

someone carefully or in order to gain information.
Example: The toast won’t toast!

2. Identifying and formulating a problem. It is the first and most

important step of a research process. The research problem serves
as a foundation of a research study; like a building and its
foundation
Example: Why won’t my toaster toast?

3. Collecting relevant information about the

topic/problem. Data collection is a systematic process of
gathering observations or measurements.  Before you
begin collecting data, you need to consider:
 The aim of the research
 The type of data that you will collect
 The methods and procedures you will use to collect, store,
and process the data

4. Formulate hypothesis. A hypothesis is a statement that

introduces a research question and proposes an expected result.

Example: Maybe the outlet is broken

5. Designing an experiment. The design of experiments is the

design of any task that aims to describe and explain the
variation of information under conditions that are
hypothesized to reflect the variation.

6. Experimenting. An experiment is a procedure carried out

to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis. Experiments
provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating
what outcome occurs when a particular factor is
manipulated.
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 7. Gathering data from the experiment. Experiments are
carried out for researchers to collect data. These data then
can be analyzed or processed to produce meaningful
conclusions.

8. Organizing experimental data. Data organization refers to

keeping your information organized. There are different ways
of organizing data. It may be: Data Scrubbing, charts and
graphs and organization by category and attributes.

9. Analyzing and interpreting data. Data analysis and

interpretation is the process of assigning meaning to the
collected information and determining the conclusions,
significance, and implications of the findings. Data may be
in NUMERICAL (Quantitative) or NARRATIVE (Qualitative)
form.

10. Making a conclusion. A conclusion is not

simply a summary of the findings and the
research conducted. Importantly, the
conclusion provides a significant and vital
opportunity to explain to the reader exactly
what the research means to the various
audiences who have an interest in the research.
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DO YOU KNOW ME?

Learning Task 2: A. Identify the step of Scientific Method being described in the following statements/phrases.

1. I therefore conclude …. _____________________________________________________

2. Maybe the bulb explodes. _____________________________________________________
3. Charts and graphs _____________________________________________________
4. Why is my phone not charging? _____________________________________________________
5. I used a 10mL sugar _____________________________________________________

B. Fill in the web

the steps of
Scientific Method.

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Learning Task 3: A. Perform this simple experiment by following the steps of scientific
method.

1. Which dissolves faster in hot water: sugar or iodized salt?

A. Observing: _____________________________________________________________________
B. Identifying the problem: __________________________________________________________
C. Collecting information: ___________________________________________________________
D. Hypothesis: ____________________________________________________________________
E. Experiment
(Insert pictures of you conducting experiment)
F. Gathering of data:
Substanc Period of stirring Observation
e ( Time )

Salt 30 sec.

G. Organizing data:
Answer:

H. Inrepretation of data: _____________________________________________________________

I. Conclusion: _____________________________________________________________________

Reminder: Answer the activity on a separate sheet. (long pad

paper).
Please do not write anything on the Research Worksheet

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 I KNOW I CAN!
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Learning Task 4: Design an experiment by following the steps of scientific method. Be guided
with Learning Task 3.

7 Learning Task 5: Determine whether the following statement is correct or

wrong. Write SCIENTIFIC if it is correct, METHOD if it is wrong.

1. Hypothesis proposes an expected result.

2. All data in an experiment comes in numerical form.
3. Making a conclusion is the first step in scientific method
4. Bar graphs can be used in organizing data.
5. Conclusion is the summary of findings in an experiment.

8 HOW’S YOUR JOURNEY?

Accomplish the reflection form by completing the statement

below.

I learned that _____________________________________________________________

One thing I ___________________________________________________________________

Contributed by:

NAGCARLAN-KALAYAAN SCHOOL

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Reference:

https://www.slideshare.net/arunsdeva9/identification-formulation-of-problem#:~:text=%EF%83%92%20Formulating%20a
%20Problem%20formulation,a%20building%20and%20its%20foundation.

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-biology-foundations/hs-biology-and-the-scientific-method/a/
the-science-of-biology

https://devdojo.com/kevgardner83/3-ways-of-effectively-organizing-data-for-better-analysis-and-presentation

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