| A | B |
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| Question | The 1st step of the scientific method |
| Hypothesis | The 2nd step of the scientific method |
| Test | The 3rd step of the scientific method |
| Results | The 4th step of the scientific method |
| Conclusions | The 5th step of the scientific method |
| Communicate | The 6th step of the scientific method |
| Question. | what you wonder about - this step "gets the ball rolling" |
| Hypothesis. | an educated guess that gives an experiment direction |
| Test. | planning and trying the experiment |
| Results. | recording what happens in the experiment |
| Conclusions. | figuring out or interpreting what the results mean |
| Communicate. | sharing results with other scientists |
| Question | Bobby wonders if talking to flowers helps them grow |
| Hypothesis | Bobby guesses that talking to flowers will help them grow because of the carbon dioxide you breathe out |
| Test | Bobby writes the procedure he will follow and performs his experiment |
| Results | Bobby records the height of the flowers over 4 weeks: both flowers grew 3 inches |
| Conclusions | Bobby sees that both flowers grew the same amount, so he figures that talking to the flowers does not make a difference |
| Communicate | Bobby tells his science class about the results of his experiment |
