Give the Definition
Scientific Method
What is the steps scientists use to test?
A ___________ is the result of your experiment and is a statement that answers your scientific question.
What is a conclusion?
Olivia thought, determine that she was measuring the temperature of the water as her result.
What is a dependent variable?
The amount of variables you change in a controlled experiment.
What is 1?
Data
What is information, facts, tables, charts, and graphs you record and create.
The two types of variables used in an experiment are the ____________ variable and the ____________ variable.
What is independent and dependent?
"If I mix bananas and strawberries, then it will taste like kiwi fruit."
What is a hypothesis?
The purpose of the control group.
What is to compare to see if the independent variable caused a change?
Analyze
What is to break down?
A prediction about how the scientific question will be answered is the _____________.
What is a hypothesis?
Angela picked up her birthday present, shook it, and listened to the sounds it made.
What is an observation?
Question: Does stopping speed dependent on the condition of the brake pads?
The independent variable is ___________________
What is the condition of the brake pads?
Observation
What is information gathered using your senses.
Mr. Bolduc is doing an experiment to see which type of coffee gives him more energy, K-cups or French Pressed Coffee. This is his independent variable.
What is the type of coffee?
I had 25 trials with the new sneakers I was testing.
What is the experimental group?
The purpose of repeating your experiment.
What is to verify the validity of the results and remove outliers.
Independent Variable
What is the thing that is changed to affect the result?
The _______________________ experiences normal conditions without the independent variable.
What is independent variable?
My hypothesis was supported because the plants in the sunlight sprouted before the plants in the closet.
What is a conclusion?
The difference between a theory and a hypothesis.
What is a theory being supported by much more evidence or that a theory happens after many experiments instead of before.