Hypothesis
educated guess
What is a hypothesis?
First Step of the Scientific Method
What is ask a question?
Using your senses or measurement to gain information
What is observe?
Anything changed in an experiment
What is a variable?
Educated Guess
What is a hypothesis?
Part of the hypothesis that tells you what or who the experiment is being performed on
What is a subject?
Last step of the scientific Method?
What is a conclusion?
Observations using your senses only
What is qualitative observation?
An experiment where only one variable is changed at a time
What is a controlled experiment?
Pictorial Representation
What is a model
The variable that is changed on purpose
What is an independent variable?
When your results do not agree with your hypothesis you say....
What is "I reject my hypothesis?"
Using numbers or measurement to gain information
What is a quantitative observation?
Group that gets the IV variable
What is the experimental group?
Making a guess about something that will happen in the future
What is a prediction?
The variable that is measured
What is a dependent variable?
All the numbers, charts, tables collected in an investigation
What is data?
Making an explanation about what you observe
What is an inference?
Group that does not get the IV and is used to compare
What is the control group?
Grouping things by similar characteristics
What is classifying?
Mrs. Evans designs an experiment where kids wear their shoes on their opposite feet to see if they will score better on Map Tests. What is the subject, IV and DV?
S- kids
IV- shoes on opposite feet
DV- score on MAP Tests
You should do this before you make a hypothesis
(not ask a question)
What is collect information?
What kind of statement is this: The weather will be rainy tomorrow because of the hurricane
What is an inference?
If plants get Wonder Fertilizer then they will grow taller. What is the experimental group?
What is the group with Wonder Fertilizer?
Comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion about them
What is an evaluation?