In an experiment where I am testing out a new type of sunscreen and measuring the color change of UV beads, the TYPE OF SUNSCREEN is this kind of variable.
What is an independent variable?
100
Many experiments start with this. In solar beads, for example, "Can UV light travel through car windows?" is called this.
What is an EXPERIMENTAL QUESTION or PURPOSE?
100
The horizontal axis on a graph
What is the X-axis?
100
The way to write a hypothesis.
What is "I think...because..."
200
The setup in an experiment where you change one thing.
What is the experimental setup?
200
In an experiment where I am testing whether clothing can block UV light, the COLOR CHANGE OF THE SOLAR BEAD is this type of variable.
What is a dependent variable?
200
A good control in an experiment where I use solar beads to test whether UV light passes through plastic.
What are UNCOVERED solar beads or solar beads without plastic over them?
200
The vertical axis on a graph.
What is the Y-axis?
200
The facts or numbers you collect in an experiment.
What is data?
300
The setup that is left unchanged in an experiment so that you can compare your results.
What is the control setup?
300
In an experiment where I am testing out whether my new sunglasses block UV light, this is my independent variable.
What are SUNGLASSES?
300
A good control in an experiment where I am testing which sports drink (Gatorade or Powerade) helps athletes perform the best.
What is a group with NO sports drinks?
300
The data table for a group in the Oreo cookie challenge who got 29 drops, 30 drops, 27 drops, and 42 drops.
What is (look on the board)?
300
The final result or answered question in an experiment.
What is the conclusion?
400
The thing you change in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
400
In an experiment where I am testing a new kind of plant fertilizer and measuring how tall my flowers grow, this is the dependent variable.
What is HOW TALL MY FLOWERS GROW?
400
The independent variable that saved the fish in "Something Fishy".
What is the driftwood or log?
400
The most frequent number in a set of data.
What is the mode?
400
The 5 essential parts of a conclusion.
Q and A ELF (Question, Answer, Evidence, Limitations, and Future Questions)
500
The effect you observe after you change one thing in an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
500
I asked, "Does a water rocket go higher with fins or without?" My dependent variable is this.
What is THE HEIGHT OF THE ROCKET?
500
The dependent variable that we observed in "Something Fishy" after changed the independent variable.
What are the color, movement, and/or health of the fish?
500
The number of drops of filling NABISCO should use AND THE REASON WHY if a group got 29 drops, 30 drops, 30 drops, 31 drops, and 30 drops?