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Scientific Method By Luke Rosen

The Scientific Method is a common procedure that sets a problem, goes through a procedure or experiment to solve the problem, and concludes with discoveries and other findings to help support all sciences. There are a few steps to the Scientific Method, so let's begin!! media type="youtube" key="KZaCy5Z87FA" width="425" height="350" Here is a picture of the Scientific Method. The picture contains all the necessary steps in order to use the scientific method to solve a problem. First... YOU NEED A PROBLEM. ASK A QUESTION!

First there needs to be a problem that needs to be answered. An example of this is, "What are ways to eliminate oil wastes in the water?" So now that you've got your question, start doing some background research. You find out that oil is lighter than water and floats on top of the water and would need something else to get rid of it. So you can now make your...:

HYPOTHESIS!! A hypothesis is an educated guess that uses prior knowledge to formulate whether or not something will happen or something won't happen. An example of a hypothesis is: "I think that when sand is mixed into the oil, the sand will make the oil heavy, therefor making the oil sink to the bottom of the ocean." Using that hypothesis, you...: CONDUCT AN EXPERIMENT!!

An EXPERIMENT is used to test your hypothesis and find out what the answers really are. It is crucial to report any observations including your five senses, and procedures in a report, so you can redo the test if necessary. Once the experiment is over, you...: ANALYZE THE INFORMATION AND RESULTS.

By ANALYZING your results, you come to conclusions. If you choose the hypothesis given earlier, then you were right! And so your hypothesis was true. If not, you can reformulate your hypothesis and try again by conducting ANOTHER EXPERIMENT!

After you find the answers, you may report it at all, so the experiment can be repeated multiple times in the same exact way, so others get the same results.