Scientific Method

If I use Tide and All laundry soaps then tide will best get out the stain. This is a

I learned from my experiment that Tide best washes the ketchup stain out of a shirt.

This is an educated guess about the answer to your problem.

This is the answer to your problem based on the outcome of your experiment.

These are documented changes that occurred in the experiment; data, tables, graphs are used.

The raspberry plant receiving the most water grew the biggest. This is the...

"I see that the raspberries did not grow well this year" is which step of the SM?

Explanations about what you are observing.

"If the raspberries do not get enough rain then they will not grow." This is an example of...

I wash 2 of the same shirts with the same size ketchup stain in two different soaps for 5 mins.

"I wonder why the raspberries did not grow well this year?" This is a...

Raspberry plants were placed in the same amount of sunlight and given different amounts of H2O.

Record the growth of the raspberry plants.

I make a chart and record what happened to the stain after washing in each soap.

One day I was putting away my clothes and noticed a ketchup stain. This is an...

This is stated as a question. It is created from the curiosity that observations lead to.

These are made using the five senses. They create curiosity and lead to questions.

"I wonder if Tide or All laundry soap will best clean the ketchup stain?" This is a

Gather information on an interesting topic using the five senses.

This is a well thought-out test that allows the scientist to find the answer to the problem.