Steps
This part of the Scientific Method describes the supplies that are needed for the experiment.
What is the materials section?
The outcome or results of the experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
The experiment involves the different amount of light exposure for plants and how much they will grow.
What is the different amount of light exposure in this experiment?
What is independent.
A scientist was conducting an experiment and noticed that when he mixed two substances together, an unusual odor occurred. What scientific skill did the scientist use?
What is observation?
This person studies life and living things.
Are they a scientist?
Yes, they are a biologist.
This part of the Scientific Method uses data to help explain the results of the experiment.
What is the conclusion?
The variable that is changed by the scientist.
What is the independent variable?
This experiment focuses on rats' addiction to sugar. Scientists gave rats sugar to test their dependency and watched how many times the rat's pressed the button for more sugar.
What does the amount of sugar given to the rat represent in this experiment
What is the independent variable?
Victor and Jose notice that the fall leaves of sugar maple trees turn red, but the leaves of the black oak trees turn brown. What are the students doing?
What is making an observation?
This person studies plants.
Are they a scientist?
Yes, they are a botanist.
Ella predicted that seeds would start to grow faster if an electric current traveled through the soil in which they were planted.
What part of the scientific method does this describe?
What is forming a hypothesis?
Something in an experiment that can be changed.
What is a variable?
What does weight gain represent in this experiment?
Dependent
This is the purpose of an experiment.
What is to test a hypothesis?
This person studies the earth's crust.
Are they a scientist?
Yes, they are a geologist.
This step involves testing a hypothesis.
What is an experiment?
An even, condition, or factor that can be changed or controlled in order to study or test a hypothesis in a scientific experiment.
What is a variable?
This experiment involved adding more baking soda to one volcano and not to the other to see how the explosion would change.
What is the change in the explosion in this experiment?
Dependent variable
Tatiana noticed Riley wearing a baseball uniform in Publix one day after school. What can Tatiana infer from her observation?
What is that Riley plays baseball?
This person studies tumors.
Are they a scientist?
Yes, they are an oncologist.
This step uses the words, "If" and "then".
What is stating the hypothesis?
Making sure that the amount of liquid used in an experiment is all the same is what kind of variable?
What is a controlled variable?
Ms. Davey what an excess amount of candy would do to her teeth. So she had her friend be the control and not consume candy while she consumed 4 kitkats a day to see how many cavities she would get.
What does the amount of cavities represent?
Dependent
Ally wants to do an investigation to answer the question, "What kind of frog hangs out in the tree outside my window? To answer this question, what could Ally do?
What is observe the tree and collect data on the frogs that visit it?
This person studies animals.
Are they a scientist?
Yes, they are a zoologist.