Designs experiments to confirm or refute possible explanations, and obtain results.

Method of practice that Galileo used to achieve logical and rational explanations of natural phenomena.

It can also use exploration and field practices, which are visits to places where you can observe certain phenomena as they occur in nature.

Is a process or series of steps to follow orderly that led us to produce explanations to understand reality with a higher grade of certainty.

Element or situation in which we seek to intervene without intentionally modifying it. The changes will respond to the modifications of the independent variable.

Possible rational explanation to the reasearch question, and it is formulated based on previous knowledge about the chosen topic, relating it to the phenomenon to be studied.

Implies a detailed description of the object to be investigated or of aspect to be solved. Galileo was convinced that the preception of the phenomenon should be recorded in an accurate way.

Obtain data and observations directly about the object or phenomenon that you aim to investigate, and this allows us defining the approach to the problem we wish to propose.

Focuses on finding the relationship between a cause and a consequence for a particular phenomenon. It aims to identify the relationship between 2 variables, a dependent and an independent one in the course of an experiment controlled by the researcher.

Is a group separated from the rest of the experiment, where the independent variable being tested cannot influence the results.

Defines the specific questions of the problem to investigate. It answers the question ´´What will I study or investigate?´´

Galileo generated it as a provisional explanation of the phenomenon, using his previous knowledge related to it.

It is used when experimentation is not possible to establish a direct relationship between two variables, and it is not possible to propose a hypothesis or a possible initial explanation.

It focuses on statistics and numerical data obtained from the observation of an object of study.

Variable that stays fixed during the experiment.

Finds a problem or event that you want to explain. It encompasses all the information that you can capture with any of your senses.

This phase reproduces the phenomenon and the conditions in which specific changes occur to control the way they happen, carefully analyzing the events.

Offers us an overview by focusing us on one of the variables of the research problem, identifying and characterizing its particular features.

It focuses on the particular characteristics and condition of the object studied.

Is the group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested. It is compared to a control group, which does not receive the test variable.

Make judgments based on the study of the results. You analyze the meaning of the data you obtained. Reflect what you have achieved with your research.

This step was crucial for Galileo since it served to substantiate the relationship of this hypothesis with the rest of the scientific knowledge existing up to his time.

It the theorical framework, to look for antecedents, and previous descriptions about the problem addressed or closely related to it based on the related bibliographic and documentary sources.

It means ´´way to go further´´

It is the element or condition that the researcher manipulates directly and deliberately, applying measurements and control that it monitors.