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a simple explanation of the scientific
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the scientific method is the series of
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Step scientists used to determine if
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they can prove something to be true or
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Step One is the problem the problem is
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the question being addressed it could be
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something like why is the sky blue or
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does ABC brand ketchup really come out
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of the bottle slower than XYZ brand like
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they claim in their commercials
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step two is coming up with a hypothesis
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the hypothesis is a guess it is what we
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think the answer to the problem might be
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at this point we don't know if the
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hypothesis is correct or not because we
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haven't done any testing
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the next thing to do is to create a
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procedure the procedure is the series of
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steps we are going to take to try to
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prove the hypothesis correct scientists
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try to write very detailed procedures so
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that somebody who tries to repeat the
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experiment later will be able to repeat
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it exactly and hopefully duplicate the
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results it is not unusual to have to run
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and change a procedure several times to
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get it written down specifically enough
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now gather some data the data is the
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information which is collected when the
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procedure is run it could be a series of
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observations such as noticing different
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colors in the sky at different times of
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day or it could be a lot of numbers such
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as the time it takes for a bottle of
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next prepare the results the data is
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grouped and organized into results so it
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is easier to figure out what it means
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results are often presented as a graph
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after the results are organized we can
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draw a conclusion the conclusion can be
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my hypothesis was correct my hypothesis
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was incorrect or even I'm not sure if my
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hypothesis was correct none of these
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conclusions should be seen as failures
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sometimes scientists learn more from an
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incorrect hypothesis than they do from a
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in any of these cases the conclusion
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should also include a reason why you
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thought the hypothesis was correct or
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incorrect if you have a possible
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explanation you should also include that
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so people who do similar experiments in
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the future can understand why your
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results might have come out the way they
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now you are ready to use the scientific
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method to learn more about our world
