Scientific Method Worksheet
Use your knowledge of the scientific method to answer the following questions.
For problems 1-6,use the following scenario:
It's summertime, and you need to get to work at your job as a lifeguard at the city pool. Unfortunately,
when you get in your car and try to start it, you find that for some reason, it won't start. For the following
questions, use your imagination to describe the line of reasoning you'd use to solve your problem and get to
work.
1) What is your purpose?
2) What hypothesis do you have for getting out of this situation? Remember, your hypothesis should be
written in the format "If____, then ____"
3) What materials will you need to test your hypothesis?
4) What will your procedure be for testing your hypothesis?
5) What results will likely happen as a result of your experiment? (use your imagination to answer this one)
6) What is your conclusion? (Remember, this should be a restatement of your hypothesis as either being
true or false).
7) Think back to some time in your life when you had a problem that needed to be solved. Using the six
steps of the scientific method, describe what you did to solve the problem.
a) Purpose:
b) Hypothesis:
