Terms
Using 5 senses to take notice of something.
What is an observation?
This does not get new treatment.
What is the control?
A student takes part in an activity to use engineering design. He worked by himself before creating a solution. He did this wrong, how?
What is he did not brainstorm in a group?
An educated guess or prediction for why or how something happens.
What is a hypothesis?
4th step of scientific method.
What is conduct an experiment?
Collecting information to gain insight on a topic/phenomenon.
What is research?
You manipulate/change this one.
What is the independent variable?
A group of students research a topic for science. They cited Wikipedia as a source. This is what they did wrong.
What is conduct research?
This is something that can be easily testable in scientific method.
What is a good scientific question?
The final step in scientific method.
What are conclusions?
An early model that is a working solution to a problem.
What is a prototype?
This one gets measured and observed.
What is the dependent variable?
Phillip had an idea. He researched snacks and decided to work with a team on making a low-carb snack bar. Something is missing.
What is identify the need or problem?
Jerry recorded observations on an experiment. This is the type of data he used.
What is qualitative data?
The 4th step in engineering design process.
What is pick the best solution?
This term means to break down information to understand it.
What is analysis?
Thomas observed how tall his plants grew after using fertilizer. The use of regular soil is this.
What is the control?
Jared tests a filtering system for water and measures its effectiveness. Afterwards, he goes on shark tank to pitch the filtering system. Something is missing.
What is the redesign step?
Students collected measurements of plant growths in their experiment. This is the type of data they used.
What is quantitative data?
This is what you do before you move onto the redesign step in engineering design process.
What is communicate results?
When people believe they get a new treatment, but they didn't, and report positive results.
What is the placebo effect?
Meredith tests how different energy drinks affect heart rate. The energy drinks are this.
What is the independent variable?
Jerry worked through the steps of engineering design process and came up with a prediction for his process. Jerry did something wrong.
What is Jerry accidentally mixed scientific method with the engineering process?
The independent variable goes along this axis on a graph.
What is the x-axis?
Amount of money and access to resources are examples of this.
What are constraints?