Scientific Method

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Objective

I am learning about the scientific method.

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Practice

2 questions

1

Imagine you want to find out which type of paper airplane flies the farthest. What question could you ask to start your experiment using the scientific method?

2

You observe that some plants in your garden are growing taller than others. List three things you could do to gather more information and make observations about why this might be happening.

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Exit ticket

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What is the first step a scientist takes when using the scientific method? After making a guess about what will happen in an experiment, what is the next step in the scientific method?

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