Key Concepts
Scientific Method
Lab Activities
Who's Counting?
100
This is a force that resists movement of a surface past another surface.
What is friction?
100
This is the part of a lab report that lists step-by-step instructions about how to complete an experiment.
What is the test or procedure section?
100
In the balloon rocket lab, this was the variable that we were controlling.
What is the size of the balloon opening?
100
This is Albert Einstein's birthday.
What is March 14?
200
This is a type of friction caused by air molecules hitting another surface.
What is air resistance?
200
This is the part of a lab report where the data (information) from an experiment is displayed and explained. It might include graphs and charts.
What is the results section (analyze the data)?
200
In the balloon rocket lab, this was the unit we used to measure distance.
What is centimeters?
200
This is the number represented by pi.
What is 3.14 or 22/7?
300
This is the design of an object with smooth, rounded surfaces that reduces air resistance.
What is streamline?
300
This part of a lab report tells the reader what you predict will happen in an experiment.
What is the hypothesis?
300
This is the variable that we did not control, but we measured it in the balloon rocket lab.
What is the distance that the balloon traveled?
300
This is Mrs. Kulpa's favorite number.
What is 7?
400
This is an example of a time when you want to increase friction.
What is using brakes, walking on a slippery sidewalk, or driving on icy roads? (other examples may apply)
400
In this part of a lab report, you tell the reader what you learned from the results of your experiment.
What is the conclusion?
400
This is the size of the balloon opening that traveled the shortest distance for most groups in the balloon rocket lab.
What is the large opening?
400
This is how many students are in the 5th grade at RWK.
What is 45?
500
This is an example of how you can reduce air resistance when riding your bike.
What is wearing tight clothes, choosing a streamlined helmet, keeping your head down, keeping your arms and legs close to the body, and riding with the wind instead of against it?
500
This part of a lab report tells the reader what question you want to answer with your experiment.
What is the problem (ask a question)?
500
Of gravity, inertia, and air resistance, this was the force that controlled how far the balloon traveled in the balloon rocket lab.
What is air resistance?
500
In science we always use the _______ system to measure.
What is metric?
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