Independents Day
A student wants to measure how fertilizer affects plant growth. This is the independent variable.
What is fertilizer?
A student wants to measure how fertilizer affects plant growth. This is the dependent variable.
What is growth?
Using 5 senses to take notice of the world.
What is observation?
Coming up with ways to solve a problem.
What is brainstorming?
A student measures how fertilizer affects plant growth. This is the control.
What is a plant with regular soil?
A student wants to see how far they can walk at intervals of 20 seconds, 40 seconds, and 60 seconds. This is the independent variable.
What is time?
A student wants to see how far they can walk at intervals of 20 seconds, 40 seconds, and 60 seconds. This is the dependent variable.
What is distance?
An educated guess or prediction.
What is a hypothesis?
Always get your information from this.
What are trusted sources?
Students take part in a lab where they see how far they can walk at different time intervals compared to their teacher. What would be the control?
What is the teacher?
A student wants to see whether Tide or All will lift stains from clothing better. This is the independent variable.
What is the detergent?
A student wants to see whether Tide or All will lift stains from clothing better. This is the dependent variable.
What is cleanliness or amount of stains?
Data described using numbers.
What is quantitative?
AI, Wikipedia, and Social Media are examples of this.
What are things you should never use for research?
A student wants to see whether Tide or All will lift stains from clothing better. This is the control.
What is generic detergent?
A student wants to see how giving students a snack during a test makes a difference on test scores. This is the independent variable.
What is the snack?
A student wants to see how giving students a snack during a test makes a difference on test scores. This is the dependent variable.
What are the test scores?
Data described using words.
What is qualitative?
This is an early working model of a solution.
What is a prototype?
A student wants to see how giving students a snack during a test makes a difference on test scores. This is the control.
What is giving a group no snacks?
SpongeBob notices Gary has slimotosis. Patrick recommends seaweed and Sandy recommends using Dr. Kelp to help Gary's ailment. This is the independent variable.
What is the treatment or cure?
SpongeBob notices Gary has slimotosis. Patrick recommends seaweed and Sandy recommends using Dr. Kelp to help Gary's ailment. This is the dependent variable.
What is the presence of slimotosis?
Breaking down data to understand and interpret it.
What is analysis?
Before you can begin to solve a problem, this is what you must do first.
What is identify the problem?
A student conducts an experiment on what batteries last the longest. He buys packs of energizer, Kroger, Duracell, Panasonic, and Rayovac. What is the control?
What are Kroger-brand batteries?