The Scientific Method: Steps, Examples, Tips, and Exercise

The scientific method is an important tool to solve problems and learn from our observations. There are six steps to it:

Observe and Ask Questions
Research
Formulate a Hypothesis
Test your hypothesis
Conclude
Share Results The goal of the scientific method is find out the truth. Let's try.

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[crow_X]

Me: clicks vid and watches bc im doin schoolwork
video: Why ArE kiDS sAd???

[jisoology_yt]

Quick summary
1. Observe and Ask Question:in this stage we think about a question because of our observations
2. Research: we do research about our question
3. Formulate a Hypothesis: we come up with a theory
4. Test your Hypothesis: we test our theory in a fair and unbiased way
5. Conclude: we conclude a result from our research
6. Share Results: we share our idea with other people

[malikjengo]

It’s crazy how back in high school you ask yourself when you’re learning about ways to solve math problems, “when am I ever gonna use this in the real world”. Well at least that’s what I’ve asked myself. But come to find out we utilize the scientific method is everyday life.

[kirsten]

POV: you came here bc ur teacher said to

[shivamrajsharma]

I think this channel deserves far more viewers than it has now

[softwareminimalist]

1. Formulate idea 2. Gather data to test and try and falsify your idea 3. If your idea survives all the tests you can throw at it ask others to try and falsify your idea. 4. If nobody can falsify your idea it becomes a tentative best explanation until a better explanation comes along. 5. Never get emotionally attached to the idea itself, because it will blind you to better ideas.

[akiraanime]

Is there still people that watch videos at home for school?

[wyattsutton]

Dude, your drawings remind me of watching Curious George when I was little ;)

[bipoiar_]

the video was very explanatory and explained all the steps very well with a very nice view and drawings

[guy]

I got recommended this video from my science teacher

[Randy-upmo]

Am I the only one who find your videos both relaxing and educational?

[tanmoykr.biswas]

Make video on "Why do some feel sleepy after a while studying ?"

[JasonCameron]

Great video; used it as a study aid for several of my students and they've all loved it.

[Elitus_knightus]

2:28
My teacher from biology always tells the class that when forming a hypothesis it has to include "if", "then", and "because". So the hypothesis in the video might be if a woman smiles more often than men then it might be from their personal lifes because we usually don't see that much happiness on women that often sometimes. I just wanted to share this

[AmGroot]

In Israel, we have coins of 10 Agoras (1/10 of a Shekel, 1 Agora is 1/100 of a Shekel), 1/2 of a Shekel, 1 Shekel, 2 Shekels. 5 Shekels, and 10 Shekels. Their sizes are non-indicative of their value, as these are the coins sorted from biggest to smallest: 1/2 of a Shekel, 5 Shekels, 10 Shekels, 10 Agoras, 2 Shekels, 1 Shekel.
Something to note is the color of the coins. All of the coins valued under 1 Shekel are golden, while all of the coins that are valued at or above 1 Shekel are silver. The one outlier is the 10 Shekel coin, which is golden with a thick silver trim.
Have a good day observing coins!

[uiopisreal]

Swiss here! We had many years ago a 1 rp and a two rp which supported your hypothesis. Today we don't have them anymore but we have still the rest:
5 rp is smaller than
10 rp is smaller than
20 rp is bigger than
50 rp is smaller than
1 CHF is smaller than
2 CHF is smaller than
5 CHF
As you can see your hypothesis does not stand against the 0.5 CHF coin.

[alexball]

Alex Ball 
Intro to pysch
8/29/19
1.                I would like to examine do wearing socks have an effect on your speed in track. I am doing my topic on this because I was told that wearing no socks under your spikes would help your time improve, so I stopped running track with socks on at the meets. I began to see my times improve after I had stopped wearing socks and believed the two were related. 
2.                My hypothesis is that not wearing socks while running track does not improve your speed. Your speed is affected by a lot of factors, however socks are not one of them. How you train and prepare your body is the real factor to your performance on the track. 
3.                The variables I use would be track speed, and running with or without socks. The socks would be the independent variable, while track speed would be the dependent variable. The socks would be independent because wearing socks depends on nothing. The track speed would be the dependent variable because it depends on whatever is happening with the socks. 
4.                I would use a controlled group of runners for my experiment. I would use track runners who have experience as the subjects to conduct this experiment. Using random everyday people wouldn’t be a good choice of subjects because they aren’t use to running competitively and how to run track properly. 
5.                Yes I would do a double blind study with the subjects because I want the runners to run their best both ways. If the runners know that an experiment is being conducted they might subconsciously change how they run. Because of this I want my runners to run their absolute best with and without socks, after they finish the experiment I will tell them that they were in a experiment. 
6.                Ethically I found that this was a bad experiment to conduct because to many factors affect a runners speed to specifically pin it solely on socks. I still believe that socks hold no significant impact on a runners speed and how fast he goes.

[laurellane]

We tested the hypothesis and verified that it was accurate until we added the dime--the smallest US coin. This was a great bit of practice for the understanding of Step 4 of the Scientific Method. Your hypothesis was disproven!

[allisonwonderland]

Who else came her to find out how to do their homewrok?

[Nxbodys]

Pov: You have school assignment and your teacher sent you this vid to watch and your to lazy to do it