Thinking Like a Scientist
Variables
The Scientific Method
Various
Lab Safety
100
You use your five senses to do this.
What is observe?
100
These are variables that never change during an experiment.
What is control or constant?
100
This is the first step in the scientific method.
What is posing a question?
100
Give three examples of technology in the classroom.
What are computers, projector, markers, pencils. ANYTHING etc.
100
Finish this lab rule, Never reach across a (blank)
What is a flame?
200
When you explain or interpret information from observations, it is called this.
What is inferring?
200
These two variables are always present in any experiment.
What are responding and manipulated variables?
200
This step of the scientific method involves making an educated guess.
What is making a hypothesis?
200
These types of observations use descriptive words like shape, color, size etc.
What are qualitative observations?
200
When any accident occurs in the classroom or the lab you should you do this.
What is immediately notify the teacher?
300
This is when you make a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.
What is predicting?
300
This is the variable that you change. Give me both names.
What is the manipulated/independent variable?
300
After making a hypothesis, you must do this in order to test it.
What is designing an experiment?
300
This is the purpose/goal of technology.
What is to improve the way people live?
300
While in the lab or classroom, you should never try to do anything on your own without doing this first.
What is asking your teacher for permission?
400
These are the five ways we make observations.
What is seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching?
400
This is the variable that you measure in response to the other variable. Give me both names.
What is the responding/dependent variable?
400
This part of the scientific method is done after analyzing and collecting data.
What is making conclusions?
400
In this type of experiment, you manipulate only one variable at a time.
What is a controlled experiment?
400
You should never do this in the lab.
What is run, push, horseplay etc?
500
These type of observations are made using numbers.
What are quantitative observations?
500
We are trying to decide if the addition of fertilizer to plants will affect their growth. Name the manipulated and responding variable.
What is the addition of fertilizer and the plants growth?
500
This is the part of the scientifc method where you share information and report the results of your experiment.
What is communication?
500
This group is used as a comparison to the experimental group.
What is a control group?
500
This is the most important lab safety rule.
What is always listen to your teacher/follow directions?
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