The Scientific Method
Daring Diggers
Test it Out
Experiment Lingo
Terrific Technology
100
step-by-step approach to solving problems
What is the scientific methods?
100
scientists do this for archaeological sits so they can record where artifacts were found
What is make maps?
100
a variable changed by the person doing the experiment
What is an independent variable?
100
the science skill practiced when a scientist publishes the results of their experiment
What is communicating?
100
a type of technology used to gather data, to make maps, and to process signals that are then displayed on this piece of technology's screen
What is a computer?
200
a statement that can be tested
What is a hypothesis?
200
a person who studies the cultural remains of ancient peoples
What is an archaeologist?
200
information you gather with your senses
What is an observation?
200
factors in an experiment that stay the same
What are constants?
200
this technology helps archaeologists to "see" a buried site before they begin excavating it
What is radar?
300
what an experimenter does after they analyze test results.
What is draw conclusions?
300
the item that archaeologists use so they can see where they should begin excavating
What is a radar?
300
a conclusion based on an observation
What is an inference?
300
the process of understanding the world around you
What is science?
300
scientists use this type of technology to take pictures of an area that they have excavated along with their findings
What is a camera?
400
a series of carefully planned steps used to test a hypothesis
What is an experiment?
400
the way that archaeologists should excavate a site so that is still in intact
What is slowly and carefully?
400
a standard used for comparison in an experiment
What is a control?
400
the use of knowledge gained through science to make products or tools people can use
What is technology?
400
this type of technology may be used to do things a scientist is unable to do
What is a robot?
500
the first step in the scientific method
What is recognize a problem?
500
a word used to describe items an archaeologist may find under the ground such as tools, bones, shells, pottery, weapons, or rock drawings
What is artifacts?
500
the reason why an experiment should be repeated
What is to reduce the chance of error?
500
a step in the scientific method where you keep track of and write down observations made during an experiment to see changes
What is record?
500
the letters in RADAR actually stand for this
What is radio detecting and ranging?
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