The scientific method has the following steps: 1. Ask a question
2. Form a hypothesis
3. List materials needed
4. Decide the steps in the procedure
5. Perform the experiment
6. Analyze the results
7. Draw a conclusion
In 1872 a wealthy railroad tycoon named Leland Stanford (Stanford University is
named after him) made a bet with a friend about a galloping horse. Put the step
number next to each step of the scientific method for this problem.
Mr. Stanford proposed that the hooves of a galloping horse don't
touch the ground at some point in time during the gallop.
Before there were digital cameras the film in the camera needed to
be developed into pictures.
A racehorse, a jockey and a camera
Some of the pictures showed that the horse's hooves were all in the
air at the same time.
Leland Stanford made a bet that the hooves of a galloping horse
don't touch the ground at some point in time.
Mr. Stanford decided to ask a photographer to take pictures of a
horse galloping at the racetrack.
The jockey rode the galloping horse around the racetrack.
Mr. Stanford looked at the pictures the photographer brought him.