HOW TO WRITE A PROPER

HYPOTHESISSTART HERE

THE OPTICAL ILLUSIONS TEST

• NOT LONG AGO, MR. SMITH, MRS. PETERS, AND I WERE DISCUSSING SCIENCE TOGETHER. MR. SMITH WAS TALKING ABOUT THESE COOL OPTICAL ILLUSIONS HE WAS LOOKING AT ONLINE. HE SHOWED THEM TO US. WE NOTICED SOMETHING INTERESTING WHEN WE LOOKED AT THEM.

• MR. SMITH SAW SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN MRS. PETERS AND I. WE STARTED TO WONDER, DO BOYS PERCEIVE OPTICAL ILLUSIONS DIFFERENTLY THAN GIRLS? WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT USE THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD TO TEST OUT OUR IDEA. IF WE HAD ALL OF OUR STUDENTS PERFORM THE EXPERIMENT, WOULD WE NOTICE A PATTERN?

In your groups of 4, try to determine what the cause & effect would be for our experiment.

THE OPTICAL ILLUSIONS TESTCAN YOU SET UP OUR LAB?

IDENTIFY THE CAUSE & EFFECT

WRITE A TESTABLE QUESTION

IDENTIFY THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

IDENTIFY THE DEPENDENT VARIABLE

WHAT ARE SOME THING THAT MUST STAY CONSTANT IN THIS EXPERIMENT?

FILL IN YOUR LAB REPORT AFTER YOUR WHITE BOARD ANSWERS ARE CHECKED

STEP 1 OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD IS NOW COMPLETE!

RESEARCH…A NECESSARY STEP!•WHAT DO YOU THINK THE OUTCOME OF OUR EXPERIMENT WILL BE?

•IS THIS YOUR STUDENTIPEDIA ANSWER OR DO YOU HAVE SOME ACTUAL FACTS TO BACK THAT UP?

RESEARCH…A NECESSARY STEP!•YOUR HYPOTHESIS IS YOUR EDUCATED GUESS (YOUR

CLAIM), PREDICTING WHAT YOU THINK THE OUTCOME OF THE EXPERIMENT WILL BE.

•HOW CAN YOU MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS OR A GOOD CLAIM, IF YOU HAVE NO INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS?

RESEARCH…A NECESSARY STEP!

WHAT ARE OPTICAL ILLUSIONS?

DO MEN & WOMEN PERCEIVE

DIFFERENTLY? SQ3R CODES

GET THE SQ3R CODE READER APP FOR YOUR PHONE FREE!

GO TO THE APP STORE AND FIND THE ONE THAT SAYS

QR READER

You only have 45 seconds on each site to extract information…so be sure you are using your time wisely!

WHAT MIGHT OUR

CLAIM BE BASED ON

OUR RESEARCH?CAN WE BACK UP OUR CLAIM?

SO HOW EXACTLY DO WE WRITE OUR HYPOTHESIS (OR CLAIM)?

• A HYPOTHESIS IS AN EDUCATED GUESS ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN YOUR EXPERIMENT

• IT CONTAINS A CAUSE & EFFECT RELATIONSHIP

Every hypothesis should follow this format:

If ______________, then ___________ because _______________.

(a quick summary of what you are testing) (what you think will happen) (why you think this)

(If I do this…) (… then I think this will happen…) (…because …)

cause effect research

Give it a try on your whiteboards in your groups of 4!

HOW DO WE WRITE A STRONG HYPOTHESIS?

Every hypothesis should follow this format:

If ______________, then ___________ because _______________.

(a quick summary of what you are testing) (what you think will happen) (why you think this)

(If I do this…) (… then I think this will happen…) (…because …)

cause effect research

A good hypothesis is clear and complete. A well written hypothesis contains 3 things:

1. Testable: It must be based on a testable question 2. It should have 2 Variables (cause & effect)3. Two very clear Verbs (one in the cause & one in the effect)

Does your hypothesis have the proper TVs?

SETTING UP THE LAB:MATERIALS LIST:

• A CLASS OF BOYS AND GIRLS

• OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

• TIMER

PROCEDURES:

1. GO TO THE STATION YOU ARE ASSIGNED

2. STARE AT THE IMAGE FOR 30 SECONDS {NO TALKING)

3. WRITE DOWN THE FIRST THING YOU SEE

4. RECORD YOUR DATA

5. MOVE TO THE NEXT STATION

6. REPEAT # 1-5

BASED ON OUR

OBSERVATIONS, WHAT

SHOULD OUR CONCLUSION

BE? (INFERENCE)

IS OUR HYPOTHESIS SUPPORTED OR NOT

SUPPORTED?