Scientific Method: Overall
An organized plan for gathering, organizing, and communicating information
What is the Scientific Method?
This is what a scientist does to test a hypothesis
What is an Experiment?
A well-tested explanation for a set of observations or experimental results
What is a Theory?
The representation of an object or event that helps you understand something that you cannot observe directly
What is a Scientific Model?
The rules to keep us safe are in this section of the Science Handbook
What is Science Safety?
The first step of the Scientific Method where you obtain information through your sense
What is Making Observations?
The variable that the experimenter is changing in an experiment
A statement that summarizes a pattern found in nature
What is a Scientific Law?
An example of a scientific model of the Earth
What is a Globe?
Fill in the blank: Always ________ safety precautions.
What is Follow?
A proposed answer to a question that is created before an experiment
What is a Hypothesis?
This variable is the response of the changed manipulated variable and is ultimately the outcome of the experiment
What is the Responding Variable?
An example of a Scientific Law that states that objects fall towards the Earth
What is Gravity?
A type of scientific model that is a comparison of something common in our lives
What is a Mental Model?
These have to be read carefully before beginning any experiment or activity
What are the Directions?
Scientists do this before they can draw conclusions, this is a part of step 5 of the scientific method
What is Analyzing Data?
This is when the outcome of an experiment when the scientist has scientific evidence of their idea and can now begin to develop a theory
What is a Supported Hypothesis?
These two "R" words are what can happen to theories when new information is gathered
What is Revise and Replace?
An example of a mental model would be: _______ is similar to a snow ball
What is a Comet?
What is solve a problem and understand an event?
This is when the scientist has to revise their hypothesis and then they can recreate their experiment
What is a Not Supported Hypothesis?