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there are all kinds of famous methods

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method for actors the Socratic method method man [People singing]

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but one method reign supreme the scientific method

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it's the granddaddy of all methods but what is it and why is it such a big deal [Toddler on man's back]

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well okay if you like anything science has ever done for you iPhone cold

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medicine airplane vaccines the internet alternative fuel given shmoop at

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developing rumors then you owe a huge debt of science into the scientific

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method it's basically the rules of the science game work take a gander at each [Rules for science club appear]

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step of the method and see why it's the rock star that it is observation first

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things first don't just look at something and assume

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you know how it smells if you can safely use all of your five senses then see

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taste touch smell and hear as much as you possibly can

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probably no need to then use your sixth sense I've seen dead people go very [Man looking at dead people]

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rarely help to confirm your hypothesis which brings us to step number two

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hypothesis based on your observations and research you'll want to make a

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hypothesis or educated guess about some aspects of whatever it is you're [Scientists working in a lab]

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observing maybe you're looking at a chemical that's bright orange has a

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strong smell and is making a bubbling sound after correctly surmising that you [Hand touching beaker]

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probably shouldn't touch or taste that sucker you hypothesize that when plastic

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is whipped into the liquid the plastic will melt fair enough you might be right

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you might be wrong that's the sort of thing the scientific method is designed

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to help you figure out but keep in mind that your hypothesis must be ed civil in

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other words it would do you no good to hypothesize the liquid might sprout arms [Liquid grows arms]

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and legs and start doing housework if you introduce the Jupiter's atmosphere

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addition okay moving on well the next step in the scientific message is

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experiment where you take whatever steps are

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necessary to test your hypothesis in the case of it warns liquid the line of

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attack is pretty clear you'll want to dip some plastic into the liquid to see [Scientists places spoon into liquid]

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if it does in fact smell of course you'll be wearing your goggles and other

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protective gear right just in case the plastic slides up without and burst into

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a million pieces as you perform the experiment you will collect data

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well data is whatever information you collect in the course of your experiment

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it might be qualitative data or you're collecting information about the

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observable quality to the top you're experimenting on sotin qualitative data

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here might include the fact the plastic spoon yer that you knew liquids are [Plastic spoon enters beaker]

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informed when it's immersed or rather a sort of event or no such screening for

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mirka ever such data is quantitative the root of that word of course is quantity

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so we're looking for more numbers measurements etcetera the temperature [Person places thermometer into liquid]

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liquid would be one piece of quantitative data or the volume in

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decibels are supreme soon all right finally once your experiment is done [Liquid screams]

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indepted you can perform an analysis to arrive at a conclusion this is where you

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put together all the data you've accumulated and use it to prove or

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disprove your hypothesis if the food melted in the liquid it looks like your [spoon melts inside beaker of liquid]

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hypothesis holds water not we still wouldn't recommend you view that you

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need your morning children and that's the scientific method in a nutshell [Nutshell cracks]

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