something you can see, hear, smell, touch, or measure
Observation
information collected during an investigation
Data
First step of the engineering design process
Ask
things that happened in a repeated way
pattern
An idea ot exsplantion based on an observation
Inference
Answers a scientific question
Claim
second step of the engineering design process
Imagine
parts that work together as a whole
system
learning about the world and how it works
Science
data that describes
Qualitative
Why do engineers redesign?
why something happens
Cause
ask questions and collect evidence to answer them
Scientist
data that uses numbers
quantitative data
forth step of engr process
Create
What happens because of the cause
Effect
The first step of the scientific method
Observe
supports the claim using data
last step of the process
Improve
Who test prototypes
Engineers