Methods of Science
Using senses to identify/learn about an object/event
What is Observe/Observation
A test that is used to discover or prove something.
What is an Experiment.
Classify
What is Placing materials that share properties together in groups.
Form an idea from facts or observations
Examine & Improve
What is Revise
Put together all useful information
Collect Data
Variable
What is a thing during an experiment that can be changed or controlled.
Use numbers
What is Ordering, counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying, & dividing to explain data.
Theory
What is An explanation based on observation & reasoning
Analyze
What is Separating anything into its parts to find out what it is made of or how it is put together.
Scientists must do this after collecting data
What is Organize Data
Examination of a substance or event to see what it is or why it happens.
What is a Test
Using information that has been gathered to answer questions or solve a problem.
What is Interpret Data.
Something that brings about a change in something else
What is Cause & Effect
State possible results of an event or experiment
What is Predict
Third step in the Methods of Science
What is Ask Questions
Measure
What is Finding the size, volume, area, mass, weight, or temperature of an object or how long an event occurs.
Compare & Contrast
What is Finding out how things are the same (compare) & how they are different (contrast)
A description based on observations & experience.
What is Define/Definition
A series of things that are related in some manner
Hypothesis
What is a Statement in answer to a question, one you must be able to test.
Think ahead of time how something is to be done or made, including methods & materials.
What is a Plan.
Reproduce results
What is Repeating an experiment to verify findings
Put in a statement all of the facts you have learned.
What is Draw Conclusions
Something that represents an object or event
What is a Model