ABOUT SCIENCE
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
OBSERVATIONS
INFERENCES
EXPERIMENT
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sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell

the 5 senses

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In this step, you have a question and need to find an answer.
What is asking questions/problem
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An observation using the 5 senses
What is qualitative
100
A boy is crying and has a cut on his knee, make an inference.
What is he is hurt.
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The part of the experiment that is measured to see the effect of a change.

What is dependent variable

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the number of variables that should be changed in a good experiment

What is 1

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In this step you carry out a planned procedure to test your hypothesis
What is experiment
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An observation using numbers
What is quantitative
200
I see boxes in a truck and a family carrying them into an empty house, what can you infer.
What is the family is moving in.
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The part of the experiment you change
What is independent variable
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The variable that responds to the changed

dependent variable 

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In this step you decide whether or not your hypothesis is correct or not
What is the conclusion
300
The insect was 5 cm long is this kind of observation.
What is quantitative
300
I observe an empty plate and a dog licking his chops, what can you infer.
What is the dog at the food on the plate.
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This is the step in the scientific method when you think about what you observed during the experiment and how things compare to one another.
What is data/results/analysis
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The steps to this include making observations, asking questions, creating a hypothesis, experimenting, recording and anaylzing data and making a conclusion
What is the scientific method
400
In this step you gather information using the five senses
What is observation
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The car is red is this kind of observation.
What is qualitative
400
I observe the following: the lights are out, people are hiding, there is a table with gifts and cake. Someone is getting ready to open the door to the room, what can you infer
What is they are having a surprise birthday party
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Karyn believes that cats that eat Meow Mix will be faster than cats that eat other brands. She decides to perform an experiment and gives Meow Mix to 20 cats (group A) and regular cat food to 20 cats (group B). She has the cats run through a maze and records their time. After one week, she records the times again. Which cats are in the control group?

What is group B

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A logical conclusion that your brain makes about things it has observed
What is an inference.
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In this step you create a testable explanation (or educated guess) for the details you have observed
What is the hypothesis
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The mass of the ball is 50 grams is this kind of observation.
What is quantitative
500
People all around are holding umbrellas and sky is dark and cloudy. What can you infer about the weather.
What is it is a rainy day.
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Karyn believes that cats that eat Meow Mix will be faster than cats that eat other brands. She decides to perform an experiment and gives Meow Mix to 20 cats (group A) and regular cat food to 20 cats (group B). She has the cats run through a maze and records their time. After one week, she records the times again. What is the variable?
What is the type of food
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