Mucci's Scientific Method Escape

Scientific Method escape

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Get all the candy!

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You've got your pumpkin ready for the spookiest night of the year. Your mission: navigate through five haunted houses, solve their riddles, and amass a bone-chilling treasure trove of candy. 🎃👻🍬

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Go house to house!

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Candy obtained

Witch's house

Alert! Witches nearby! Dare to knock?

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How do you form a hypothesis?

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Evaluate the results of your experiment

Create a testable explanation or prediction about what you think will happen.

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What is an observation?

Something you notice in the world that sparks curiosity and leads to a question.

A doctor's examintaion

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What is the second step in the Scientific Method?

Clearly state a testable question you want to investigate based on your observations.

Explain and share what you learned.

Spooktacular!

You've passed the first test and scored some candy. Keep it up!

continue

Candy obtained

Go to the next house!

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Candy obtained

House of the Wolf

A wolf is on the loose! Got the guts to knock?

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How do you design an experiment?

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Experiment to determine whether your hypothesis was supported.

Evaluate the results.

Design and carry out a test to gather data that can support or refute your hypothesis.

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Which is the final step?

Analyze data and draw conclusions to share with others.

Notice something in the world.

Support or refute your hypothesis.

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The Scientific Method is a ...?

Drag

Ceremony

Process/Series of Steps

Awesome!

You've outsmarted the wolf, and your candy bag grows.

continue

Candy obtained

Go to the next house!

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Candy obtained

Frankenstein's House

An electrifying house, are you up for it? ⚡

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A scientist was conducting an experiment and noticed that when he mixed two substances together an unusual odor occurred. What scientific skill did the scientist use??

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Alchemy

Observation

Voodoo

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A scientific procedure to test a hypothesis is...?

a process

an experiment

a hypothesis

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What is the purpose of an experiment?

To make an observation.

To test a hypothesis.

To ask a testable question.

You rock!

You've unraveled the mysteries of Frankenstein and scored more candy.

continue

Candy obtained

Go to the next house!

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Candy obtained

House of the Mummy

A mummy in the house! Shall we?

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Is a prediction an outcome we'd expect to see if the hypothesis is correct?

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Yes.

No.

Maybe.

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What does a scientist do to test a hypothesis?

Notices things and talks about it.

Designs an experiment.

Make predictions.

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When you decide whether or not the data supports the original hypothesis, you are...?

Drawing conclusions.

Making an observation.

Finished.

Fantastic!

You've unraveled the mummy's secrets and bagged more candy.

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Candy obtained

There is only one house left!

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Candy obtained

Dracula's house

Last stop, Dracula's House! Do we dare?

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The process of obtaining information by using your senses is called...?

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Daydreaming

Observing

Listening

Happening

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What's a Varible?

A Control.

The outcome or results of the experiment.

Materials.

An event, condition, or factor that can be changed or controlled in order to study or test a hypothesis in a scientific experiment.

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What are testable questions?

The variable that will be changed by the scientist.

The response to the change you make using the independent variable.

Testable questions are always about changing one thing to see what the effect is on another thing.

You're a legend!

You've bested the one and only Dracula, and your candy bag is bursting.

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Candy obtained

You did it!

Your journey has been fang-tastically amazing, and your candy haul is out of this world!

Are you sure you want to go out?

If you exit you will return to the start of the game and you will lose your progress

back

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Oh! You have failed...

try again!