Hypothesis?
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Hypothesis?
Can you have a Hypothesis without doing an experiment? My Science Fair Project is about how the body reacts to the human body.
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Re: Hypothesis?
Hi Lizofthefuture,
Are you doing a science fair project that requires you to do an experiment? Or, do you have a hypothesis in your head, but you don't plan to test it? Formulating a hypothesis usually happens before doing an experiment. In fact, our hypothesis determines what kind of experiment we do. This Science Buddies article has a great discussion about how to formulate a hypothesis: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... esis.shtml. If you post back with more details, I will be better able to help you.
Are you doing a science fair project that requires you to do an experiment? Or, do you have a hypothesis in your head, but you don't plan to test it? Formulating a hypothesis usually happens before doing an experiment. In fact, our hypothesis determines what kind of experiment we do. This Science Buddies article has a great discussion about how to formulate a hypothesis: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... esis.shtml. If you post back with more details, I will be better able to help you.
All the best,
Terik
Terik
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Re: Hypothesis?
At my school's science fair you have to have a hypothesis, but I thought that you had to do an experiment to have a hypothesis?
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Re: Hypothesis?
Hi Lizofthefuture,
Thanks for clarifying! No, you do not have to do an experiment to have a hypothesis. Hypotheses come before experiments do, and there are lots of hypotheses that don't get tested. I have a couple in my head that have been lurking there for years now, just waiting for the time, money, and means to test them!
Thanks for clarifying! No, you do not have to do an experiment to have a hypothesis. Hypotheses come before experiments do, and there are lots of hypotheses that don't get tested. I have a couple in my head that have been lurking there for years now, just waiting for the time, money, and means to test them!
All the best,
Terik
Terik