Marble Roller Coaster
This force pulls the marble down the track.
Gravity
A substance that gives plants, flowers, and fruits their color.
Pigment
The ingredient added to ice that makes it colder than 32°F.
Rock Salt
A careful test used to answer a scientific question.
Experiment
Ms. Max's favorite color
green or orange
This force slows the marble down as it rubs against the track.
Friction
The process of removing color from plants using hot water.
Extraction (or Extracting Pigment)
The scientific name for lowering water's freezing point.
Freezing Point Depression
Something that is changed during an experiment.
Variable
Ms. Max's full first name
Maxine
This step of the Engineering Design Process comes after testing and involves making your design better.
Improve (or Redesign)
The green pigment that helps plants make food.
Chlorophyll
The movement of heat from something warm to something cold.
Heat Transfer (or Thermal Energy Transfer)
A statement you can test before an experiment.
Hypothesis
The subject that Ms. Max teaches in the academic school year
science
Scientists use this to support their claims instead of opinions.
Evidence
What you add to red cabbage to make it the purple tint blue.
Baking soda
The process of turning a liquid into a solid.
Freezing
A conclusion should always be based on this.
Evidence
The country Ms. Max was born in.
The Philippines
The energy an object has because it is moving.
Kinetic Energy
The name of the color that is made from female insects that live in prickly pear found in Peru and Mexico.
Crimson Red
Tiny frozen pieces that make ice cream feel crunchy instead of smooth.
Ice Crystals
The process scientists and engineers use to solve problems by designing, testing, and improving.
Engineering Design Process
the name of Ms. Max's cats
Evey and Phoebe