Scientific Method

The Scientific Method Overview • Choose a Problem • Research the Problem (Observation: Qualitative, Quantitative) click here for more info • Develop a Hypothesis (if – then sentence) • Write Your Procedures • Test Hypothesis (Collect Data  Experiments) • Organize Your Data (tables, graphs)

Observation & Inference

Observations • Any information collected with the senses. • The skill of describing scientific events.

Inference • Conclusions or deductions based on observations . • The process of drawing a conclusion from given evidence.

Tracks like these are common in parts of New England and in the southwestern United States.

What do you OBSERVE?

What can you INFER?

Now what do you think?

Infer what happened based on your observations.

How to visualize the Scientific Method