Assignment
Now it is your turn! Remember this is an Earth Science class so the observation needs to be related to Earth Science. If you cannot think of an observation on your own you could rewatch the Process of Science video and make observations about one of the craters mentioned in that video. Other ideas include: the dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous (65 million years ago); tornadoes are more frequent in Spring; or hurricanes only occur in Summer and Fall.
Step 1. Make an observation. What is your observation?
Step 2. Ask a question. What is your question?
Step 3. Hypothesize about a potential answer or explanation. What is your hypothesis? Remember it needs to explain or potentially answer your question in detail.
Step 4. Make a prediction if our hypothesis is correct. What is your prediction?
Step 5. Design an experiment or study that will test your prediction. Give some details of an experiment or study that could test your prediction and hypothesis.
Step 6. Test the prediction. You do not need to complete this step, but continue on to Step 7.
Step 7. Iterate. Do you think you will need to iterate? Even if you think your hypothesis is likely to be correct is there any room for refinement of your hypothesis? Write a sentence explaining whether your hypothesis will need to be corrected or refined.