Designing Questions
Problems, Factors, and Questions, in Science Investigations
Selecting the Right Technology
Description vs. Explanation
Data, Patterns,and Natural Events
100
There are four steps in scientific questions.
What is research, problem, hypothesis, and experiment?
100
The essence of scientific investigations
What is problem solving?
100
Common metric length.
What is meter?
100
A report of what is observed.
What is description?
100
Theme of recurring events or objects.
What is pattern?
200
The first step to any scientific investigation.
What is research?
200
The variable that is being tested.
What is independent variable?
200
Common metric weight.
What is gram?
200
A statement to make something understandable.
What is an opinion?
200
Patterns that happen every time.
What is predictable?
300
Problem that are narrowed down.
What is easily testable?
300
The variable that is being observed.
What is dependent variable?
300
Common metric volume.
What is liter?
300
The shortcut to knowing if it is a description.
What is a fact?
300
Actions that affect Earth.
What are natural events?
400
One statement of fact that is proven or disproven.
What is hypothesis?
400
The variable that we keep the same.
What is controlled variable?
400
Metric length for measuring 100 school buses.
What is kilometers?
400
The shortcut to knowing if it is an explanation.
What is an opinion?
400
How to collect, where to collect, and when to collect.
What is pre-collection activity?
500
There are three types of variables.
What is independent variable, dependent variable, and controlled variable?
500
The independent variable when a scientist is testing vitamin C to fight cancer.
What is vitamin C?
500
Used to measure weight.
What is a scale?
500
High winds slow down Mardi Gras floats.
What is an explanation?
500
Take collected data and group the information into specific categories.
What is sorting activity?