Scientific Method
What is the name of the method used to investigate a scientific question?
Scientific Method
What is the name of something that changes in an experiment?
Variable
(For everyone except Judah) What is Judah studying?
Which egg replacement is best in recipes
(Everyone except Phoebe) What is Phoebe studying?
type of oil that gives the best crust when frying donuts
What is data?
measurements or observations (descriptions) that show tell what happened in an experiment
What is the name for a scientist's educated guess that predicts what will happen in his experiment?
Hypothesis
What is the name of the variable that the scientist changes?
A. Independent Variable
B. Dependent Variable
C. Control Variable
A Independent Variable
(For everyone except Jack) What is Jack studying?
whether musicians or non-musicians have the fastest reaction time
(Everyone except Jackson) What is Jackson studying?
which type of rock is most damaged by freezing
What does it take to be a scientist?
A. A goof ball
B. Being practical
C. Common sense
D. To be curious and to like to find answers to problems
D. To be curious and to like to find answers to problems
Once a scientist has decided on a question he or she wants to ask, then he or she needs to.....?
A. Get started on the experiment right away
B. Ask more questions
C. Research their topic in order to find out what others know
D. Collect data
C Research their topic in order to find out what others know
What is the name of the kind of variable that a scientist measures in his experiment?
A Independent Variable
B Dependent Variable
C Control Variable
B Dependent Variable
(For everyone except Ella) What is Ella studying?
the type of detergent that best cleans bacteria off a tool
What is a way to make a picture of data or to display data, so it is easy for people to understand?
a graph
How do you write a good experiment procedure?
include step by step instructions, give enough details so someone reading the experiment could repeat it exactly as you did it, include any necessary safety tips...
What is the last step of the scientific method?
Tell others your results
If I want to study how sunlight affects plant growth, I could put one plant by a sunny window and one in a dark closet, and I could measure the height of the plants as they grow. Name a variable that should be controlled or kept the same.
size of pot, type of dirt, amount of water given, temperature, number of seeds planted in a pot...
(For everyone except Eva) What is Eva studying?
The mixture of borax and glue that makes slime the most bouncy
Why do we try to only change one variable in our experiment?
If we changed more than one thing, we would not know what is causing our result.
What is the section of your project called that lists all the items needed for your experiment?
Materials
What are the 5 steps of the Scientific Method?
Ask a question
Background research
Test the Hypothesis
Tell others what you learned
If I have two plants, one by a sunny window and one in a dark closet, and I measure the height of the plants, what is the dependent variable? the plant location or the plant height?
plant height
(For everyone except Mary) What is Mary studying?
How the amount of flour in a cupcake recipe changes the cupcake
Why do we do background research?
to understand the science behind our question, to make a good hypothesis...
Why is it good scientific practice to repeat an experiment more than once?
You might have made a mistake, and this helps you to know if your results are accurate