Data
After recording and organizing data, what should you look for as you analyze the data?
Patterns in the data
What piece of safety equipment should be worn to protect you from breathing in any harmful particles?
face mask
What is the best way to improve the reliability of an investigation?
Repeat the test several times
What do scientist do when they want to study what other scientists have already learned?
Research
After collecting and organizing data in an experiment, what would be the next step?
Interpret the data
If someone with long hair is using liquids in a science lab, what should they do?
Tie their hair back
What should you do to be sure the results of an experiment are accurate?
Repeat the experiment several times
What could you do if you wanted to know what flavor of cake your classmates want to serve at the class Christmas party?
conduct a survey
Wyatt has been studying rocks in his backyard. He has a very large amount of data about different types of rocks. What is the best way for Wyatt to see a large amount of data very easily?
Make a graph of the data
If you notice some berries in your yard, what is an important safety rule to follow?
Do not touch or taste the berries.
Daxx is investigating the height that a tennis ball bounces on different surfaces. As part of his investigation, he drops the same tennis ball from the same height three times, and each time he measures the bounce height of the ball. Which measurements should he record?
All three bounce heights
Zack wants to know which sport is the favorite of students in his class. What would be the best way for him to collect his data?
By doing a survey of every student in the class, asking each one to name his or her favorite sport
Students in Mrs. Stewart's class are investigating how high boys and girls can jump. They measure how high every boy and girl in the class jumps. How should they record their data?
They should record each student's jump height in a table or chart.
Mrs. Stewart's science class is conducting an experiment using an unknown liquid. Which is the most useful safety rule for the class to remember and follow?
Do not touch or taste any liquids in an experiment.
Lilly is investigating how water melts. She fills three plastic bags with water, and each bag is a different size. She then freezes the bags and then observes them melting. She finds that the water in the smallest bag melted first, and the water in the largest bag melted last. From this evidence, what can she infer about melting in nature?
A small body of water will melt quicker than a large body of water.
If you want to study the sleeping habits of an animal should you study a sample population of that animal or study all of that kind of animal that you can find?