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Who was Louis Pasteur?

Louis Pasteur

Scientist who discovered the Germ Theory of Disease

Aim: What are the steps of the scientific method?

What is the Germ Theory?

1 Germ 1 Disease

Aim: What is the SCIENTIFIC METHOD?

STEPS:• Problem• Observation• Research• Hypothesis: What does this

mean?• Experiment• Results/Data• Conclusion

PROBLEM

• What does the word, problem, mean?

• Something that needs to be solved!

OBSERVATION

How can we observe our surroundings?

• Through our 5 senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing

RESEARCH

• What is research?

• The gathering of information related to your problem.

• How could we gather this research?

HYPOTHESIS

• What does this mean?

• Definition: An educated guess based upon your observations

Examples of Hypotheses:

If this chemical is applied to plant leaves, then the plant will grow faster.

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If this chemical is safe, then it will not harm us when it is added to our drinking water.

EXPERIMENT

• What is an experiment?

• Definition: A procedure to test the hypothesis

RESULTS

• What are results (Data)?

• Written records of observations

CONCLUSION

• What is a conclusion?

• Explanation of the results (i.e. Why did you get those results?)