| When many parents think of the scientific method, | | | | vocabulary. What happens is you remember the story, |
| they remember having to follow it with their high school | | | | then the story triggers the memory for the word, or in |
| biology or chemistry labs. However, when you really | | | | this case the process called the scientific method. |
| think about it, what you are talking about is the method, | | | | Often a short term or 24 hour science project will be |
| or the process you need to go through to make an | | | | the first chance to officially use the scientific method, |
| experiment valid. It does not matter if you are | | | | so it will be easy to use one of these experiments as |
| experimenting with a quick 24 hour science project or | | | | the hook to a story you create to explain the process. |
| a longer complicated high school lab The same steps | | | | If you were doing an experiment about ice melting, you |
| are followed. The only difference is the amount of time | | | | could create a story to go along with it. May-be a little |
| you spend on each step. If you follow the steps in the | | | | girl was taking her thermos to day camp and wants to |
| process, you should have a successful project with | | | | know what size ice cube last the longest. You then |
| logical, valid results. | | | | have easy to remember story points to use when |
| The basic steps of the scientific method include: | | | | reviewing the steps. Instead of saying what was the |
| Observation, Questions, Hypotheses, Experimentation | | | | hypotheses, you cans say what ideas did she come |
| and Results. One fun way to explain the meaning of | | | | up to find out about how long the ice took to melt?. |
| these steps is to tell a story about a common real life | | | | When they answer, you can slip in a comment |
| happening that any child can easily relate to. What this | | | | reminding them that they are called hypotheses. |
| does is help with make a connection between | | | | Once you get the hang of this, you will realize that |
| unfamiliar scientific terms and something familiar. It is | | | | everyday people use these same steps in every day |
| easier to remember a story than remembering school | | | | problem solving. |