Parts of Scientific Method
Steps to the Scientific Method
The Vocabulator
Measurement Tools
Lab Safety
100
part of the experiment that is changed or manipulated and effect the dependent variable
What is Independent Variable
100
To deliberately watch and record what is going on during your experiment.
What is observing
100
Numbers, measurements, behaviors that I see and write down.
What is my data
100
What tool or instrument is used for length?
What is meter stick or ruler
100
When required, I will wear these to protect my eyes.
What is safety goggles
200
also known as the end result, influenced or changed by the independent variable, and the effect
What is dependent variable
200
Looking at my data to see if there are patterns.
What is analyzing data
200
If I design an experiment and do it multiple times I am...
What is repeating it
200
the tool or instrument that measures the mass of an object
What is a balance
200
I've just broken a glass container. What should I do next?
What tell the teacher immediately .
300
items in an experiment that remain the same to keep the experiment fair or unbiased
What are control variable
300
I analyze my data to help me discover what happened.
What is drawing a conclusion
300
If I take someone else's experiment and do it multiple times, I am...
What is replicating it.
300
tool or instrument used to measure volume
What is graduated cylinder
300
We follow these during an experiment to ensure we complete it correctly and safely.
What are procedures
400
The group that the experimental group is compared to and this group is not influenced by the independent variable
What is the control group?
400
I want to repeat my experiment multiple times to see if my results are this.
What is reliable or valid
400
This can't be tested because it is based on peoples' beliefs and feelings.
What is opinion
400
Device used to measure the force of gravity on an object.
What is a spring scale
400
This is how you smell things in the lab without directly sticking your nose into them.
What is wafting
500
I want to do this experiment: IV: Orange juice or Apple juice, DV: Number of kids who catch colds in 5th grade CV: Same kids, same amount of juices CG: One class or group doesn't get any juice My testable question is
What is: How do different juices affect the number of 5th graders that get colds.
500
Before I write my hypothesis, I have to write this
What is a testable question
500
If I validate my data I can be sure that it is...
What is reliable
500
This is the scale on a thermometer that we will primarily use in Science
What is Celcius
500
This is the one sense we will not be using in Science Class this year.
What is taste
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