Variables
What I change in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
An observation that explains the quality (look) of something.
What is qualitative?
Before you start an experiment you have to ask a....
What is a question?
This tool is used to measure mass.
What is a triple beam balance (TBB)?
We add a 6.2 cm block to a 5.6 cm block. The block is this long.
What is 11.8 cm?
What I measure at the end of an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
An observation that includes numbers.
What is quantitative?
This educated prediction is testable, starts with "If" and includes a "then".
What is a hypothesis?
This tool is used to measure liquid volume or volume of an irregular shaped object.
What is a graduated cylinder?
These are the words of H.E.R.D that represent The Highlander Way.
What are honor, effort, respect, and discipline?
Something that we compare our experiment to.
What is a control?
This is what I am practicing if I am working with dangerous materials in the lab.
What is lab safety?
When doing research, this word describes a resource that is trustworthy and believable.
What is the cm (or m or mm)?
The nation that paid for Christopher Columbus to sail to the New World.
What is Spain?
Something that stays the same in the experiment.
What is the constant?
The beetle is red and black is an example of what kind of this kind of observation.
When you take what you observe and combine it with prior knowledge
What is an inference?
The metric unit I measure liquid volume in
What is ml?
This is the Shelburne mascot.
Who is Shelly the Highlander Cow?
If I add salt to water, then it will take longer to freeze, THIS is the dependent variable.
What is time it takes to freeze?
The football field is 91.44 m long. This is an example of this kind of observation.
What is quantitative?
You should do this with your experiment results, either with a lab report or presentation.
What is communicating (share) results?
If I add a rock to a graduated cylinder and the water rises from 10 mL to 15 mL, this is the volume of the rock...
What is 5 mL?
a traditional story, concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
What is a myth?