Scientific Method

"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.

Record the growth of the raspberry plants.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Explanations about what you are observing.

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

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

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