Third year of secondary education
The Scientific Method
J.Villasuso
Sci. Meth.
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Activity on your capacity for observation 

Carefully observe the movement of these cars. Do they cover the same distance in each second? Do they always move in the same way? Are they accelerating, braking or maintaining a constant speed? Do they have the same initial speed?   

Introduction
The models
The experimental method
Observation
Consideration of the problem
First hypotheses
Experimentation
Record of values
Analysis and interpretation
Confirmation of the hypotheses
Deductive method
Evaluation