6th Form Scientific Method Activity

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD?

Look at your ‘Scientific Method’ worksheet and complete it with the words and phrases below:

Modify the Experiment

Form a Hypothesis

Process

Perform an Experiment

answers

steps

Identify the Problem

Analyse the Data

problem

question

Create an Experiment

Communicate the Results

information
Educated guess
organised

Once you’ve finished, join in groups and discuss about this method

and try to find examples to communicate to the rest of the class.

5th Form Scientific Method Poem

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

How do scientists do what they do?
Well, YOU know because you're a scientist, too!
Observation is an important part --
in fat it's the part at the very start.
For it's observation that causes you to wonder why
earthworms do what they do and clouds form in the sky.
Your hypothesis is a "best guess" based on what you know
about how things work -- now you're ready to go!
Experimentation lets you test the hypothesis you've made --
to see if your best guess can make the grade.
And because variation is found in nature everywhere,
repeated trials should be done, and done with care.
And don't forget to decide what variables you'll test.
You change the independent variables, but not the rest.
Recording your data is very important, too;
so you can analyse the results and others can repeat what you do.
When you've summarised your results and your experiment is done,
you'll have more information about nature and you'll have had some fun.
So, now you know that the scientific method is really cool,
and that scientists don't just measure -- they RULE!