Scientific Method – Filipo @ Pt England School

Scientific Method

WALT: safely conduct an experiment and explain the process and results using the scientific method.
This week we are going to conduct a science experiment using the scientific method to write up the results. Use the class brainstorm from the jam board if you need extra help.

Question

What are you trying to find out?

Will it dissolve in water?

Hypothesis

What do you think will happen?

Salt – no

Pepper – yes

Sugar – yes

Oil -no

Oats – no

Sprinkles – no

Materials

What will you need to do the experiment?

You will need:

Six cups
A pen or pencil
Sprinkles
Oats
Sugar
Pepper
Water
Salt
Measuring cups
Paper

Procedure

What steps will you take to do the experiment?

First you need to have six cups and label each of the cups what you will be putting in them.
Add a teaspoon of one of the ingredients into the labelled cup.
Do step 2 for each of the cups adding oil, salt, sprinkles, pepper, sugar and oats to each of the cups.
Add ¼ cup of water to each of the cups
Using the spoon stir the ingredients
Watch and see if they dissolve.

Results

What happened during the experiment?

Ingredient	Dissolved	Did not dissolve
Oil		✔
Sugar	✔
Pepper		✔
Salt	✔
Sprinkles		✔
Oats		✔

Conclusion

What did you find out? Was your prediction correct?

Most of my predictions were correct. I thought that salt would dissolve and it did. I thought that the pepper would dissolve and it did not. I thought that the sugar would not dissolve and it did. I was correct about the others. I thought that oats, oil and sprinkles would not dissolve and they did not dissolve. The sprinkles were interesting because the water changed colour and the colour dissolved but the sprinkles stayed solid and went white.

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