Dr.Ellis is using the scientific method to investigate the effects of sugar consumption on the attention span of 8-year old children.He predicts that children who drink a pop prior to participating in a boring task will give up sooner than children who drink a glass of milk before doing the boring task.What is the next thing that Dr.Ellis should do?
A) Observe children in their daily lives after they consume sugary and non-sugary foods.
B) Develop a hypothesis about what consuming sugar will do to children.
C) Test his hypothesis in a controlled environment.
D) Come up with a theory about the effects of sugar on attention.

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The next step for Dr.Ellis is to test his hypothesis in a controlled environment. This will allow him to control for any confounding variables that may influence the results and determine whether there is a causal relationship between sugar consumption and attention span in children. Options A, B, and D may be important at later stages of the scientific method, but the next step is to design and conduct an experiment.

DrEllis Is Using the Scientific Method to Investigate the Effects