Evidence and Investigation
Sky Science
Air, Aerodynamics and Flight
Trees and Forests
Variables (and Other Stuff)
100
The speed of travel when footprints are farther apart and only the toe is visible
Running
100
The source of light for all objects in the solar system
The Sun
100
The force that pulls everything downward
Gravity
100
What the lumber industry uses the forest for
Resources and/or materials
100
A variable scientists keep the same so the data they collect is accurate
Controlled variable
200
Data you can directly see, smell, touch or hear
An observation
200
The length of time it takes for Earth to rotate on it's axis
A day
200
The force created by parachutes that keep you from hitting the ground.
Drag
200
The growth of a tree on a tree cookie during a rainy summer
A thick band/ring
200
A variable scientists change to cause an effect
Manipulated variable
300
An educated guess using evidence
An inference
300
The month is which the Sun appears to be highest in the sky
December
300
The purpose of having tail 'fins' on an airplane
Stability
300
Something that you do for fun
Recreation
300
A variable scientists record, measure, and/or observe
(BONUS 100: which axis is it always on when looking at a graph?)
Responding variable
400
A fingerprint that is swirly in middle
A whorl
400
The reason why constellations appear to rotate in the sky over the course of a year
Earth's movement around the Sun
400
The part of the plane that the aileron attaches to (BONUS 100: how does it move the plane)
The wing
BONUS: rolls or banks the plane left and right
400
A type of tree that has broad leaves and flowers (BONUS 100: What's the other type of tree, and what does it have instead?)
Deciduous
For bonus, coniferous with cones and needles
400
A guess about how your experiments will turn out that includes an explanation of why you think so
A hypothesis
500
The manipulated AND responding variable in a paper chromatography experiment
The type of ink (manipulated) and the separation of the ink (responding)
500
The phase of the moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the Sun
A full moon
500
Bernoulli's principle
A faster fluid has a lower pressure (or vice versa)
500
The leaf arrangement, shape, and edge of this image.
Opposite, ovate, and serrated
500
A statement at the end of an experiment about what your results actually mean
A conclusion