Read the following articles:
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-bi…
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-ma….
Review the steps of the Scientific Method shown here:
Scientific Method Process
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Using what you have now learned, your assignment is to develop an experiment using the steps discussed in the articles and shown above in the flow chart of the Scientific Method. Include all of the steps. You will not be conducting the experiment.
The topic of your experiment should be something related to the human body, specifically to you. Do not pick anything too complicated – just something that you may have wondered about and that could be easily tested. Do not use anything related to my example.
For example:
My observation is: I can’t get to sleep very quickly some nights. After thinking about it, I wonder if spending time on my phone before I go to bed could be related to it. I have read thatusing electronics at night can possibly cause insomnia. My question is: Does the timing of when I quit looking at my phone at night affect when I fall asleep? My hypothesis is: Looking at my phone right before I go to sleep prevents me from falling asleep quickly. My prediction is: If I stop looking at my phone three hours before I go to bed, then I will fall asleep sooner. In the experiment, during my control runs (a specific number of days), I will continue, as usual, to look at my phone until I go to bed. During my experimental runs (the same number of days), I will stop looking at my phone three hours before I go to bed. My independent variable (what I am changing) is when I stop looking at my phone. My dependent variable (what may change because of the independent variable) is when I fall asleep. My data will include when I stopped looking at my phone and when I fell asleep
I will then do an analysis of the control and experimental runs of the test to determine if my hypothesis is correct.
Name ______________________
Your Scientific Method Experiment (10 questions):
1. What is your observation?
2. What is your question?
3. What is your hypothesis (potential answer to the question)?
4. What is your prediction (should be an if-then statement and is the expected outcome if the hypothesis is correct)?
5. What will your control subject/runs and experimental subject/runs look like?
6. What is your independent variable (what you are changing)?
7. What is your dependent variable (what may change because of the independent variable)?
8. What data will you collect?
9. What will you do after you collect the data?
10. What issues do you see with my example above in terms of variables in real life?