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Scientific
Method
Warm Up Unit 1 Day 4
•How is a guess different from an
educated guess and how is a theory
different from a hypothesis?
Warm Up Answer Day 4
A guess would be based on no information
whatsoever. An educated guess is a
hypothesis which is an explanation based
on prior scientific research or observations
that can be tested. A scientific theory is an
explanation based on observation,
experimentation, and reasoning.
Observe
Scientific
Method Observe
(What do you see?)
Question
(What do you wonder?)
Collect Data
(What do you know?)
Hypothesiz
e
(What do you think?)
page 1 of the
Skills &
Test
Methods packet) (Are you correct?)
Share
(What do others think?)
Scientific
Non-
Scientific Validate
(Do others agree?)
The “Spectrum of Certainty”
Scientific Revolution
New Insight or Discovery
Observation Experimentation Verification Reliability