Scientific Method
The first step of the scientific method
What is "Ask a question"?
The correct kind of shoes for lab.
What is a closed toe?
The horizontal axis
What is the x-axis?
The variable we deliberately change
What is independent variable?
Controlled variables for plant experiments.
What are water, soil, sun, and type of plant?
An educated guess/prediction
What is a hypothesis?
The correct way to wear your hair in lab.
What is a ponytail?
The vertical axis
What is the y axis?
The result variable
What is dependent variable?
Controlled variables for a word search to different music experiment.
What are volume of music, type of word search, number of words, and students performing the task?
The final step in the scientific method
What is a conclusion?
Something that is absolutely not allowed to be consumed in the lab ever.
What is food or drink? (AKA licking the lab table)
Memory device for remembering what goes on each axis.
What is DRY MIX?
Variables we hold constant
What is control variables
Controlled variables for an experiment rolling cars of different weights down a ramp to measure the distance rolled.
What are the ramp, shapes of cars, color of cars, type of ground?
The correct response when your hypothesis is wrong.
What is Trying Again?
The correct response to broken glass.
What is telling Ms. Gryce?
A graph for showing small changes, often over time.
What is a line graph?
If the plant gets sun, it will grow taller.
The independent variable.
What is the amount of sun?
Controlled variables for an experiment where students study for different amounts of time to see if that affects their test score.
What are the type of test, the number of questions, the ability level of the students, and the date/time/location of the test?
The reason we use the scientific method
What are accuracy and consistency?
The three things you always need to wear in lab.
What are goggles, apron, and gloves?
A graph for showing big changes in data.
What is a bar graph?
If I give the cat extra food, she will gain weight.
The dependent variable.
What is the cat's weight?
Controlled variables for an experiment to see if different colored crayons melt at different rates.
What are the brand of crayons, the source of heat, the temperature, the timekeeper?