Independent Variable
The variable that is changed by the scientist during an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
The variable that a scientist measures during an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
The variable, or variables, that a scientist doesn't change in an experiment.
A visual representation of data that communicates results of an experiment.
What is a graph?
This is the first step of the scientific method.
What is making observations?
Which color skittles are the most common in a standard package?
What is the color of skittles?
Which color skittle is the most common in a standard package?
What is the amount of skittles?
Which color skittle is the most common in a standard package?
What is the type of skittles you buy?
This variable is found on the x-axis.
What is the independent variable?
This step of the scientific method involves a prediction made in an "If, then" statement.
What is making a hypothesis?
The same math test was given to students of different ages. Researchers looked at the number of correct answers on the test.
What is the age of the students?
A teacher researched how playing different types of music impacted the amount of correct answers 7th graders answered on a science test.
What are the amount of correct answers?
The same math test was given to students of different ages. Researchers looked at the number of correct answers on the test.
What is the environment to take the test?
What is how you took the test?
This variable is found on the y-axis.
What is the dependent variable?
This is what Ms. Manzer wants your hypothesis to do.
What is reject?
A scientist questions if the amount of time spent with a pet affects the amount of stress.
What is the amount of stress?
A study was done to determine how different amount of caffeine affects energy levels among research rats.
What is the energy levels?
A study was done to determine how different amount of caffeine affects energy levels among research rats.
What is the source of caffeine?
What is where the rats consumed the caffeine?
This type of graph compares different groups of data.
What is a bar graph?
This step of the scientific method involves collecting data and following a procedure.
What is testing with an experiment?
Chris wants to see if his basil plants grow better in full sunlight or shade. He plants basil outside in direct sunlight, and another plant outside underneath trees. After a month, Chris measures the height of each plant.
What is the amount of sunlight?
Sara puts new hair dye on the left side of her head and no hair dye on the right side of her head. After 2 weeks she counts the amount of grey hairs on both sides of her head.
What is the amount of grey hairs?
Jonathan wants to see if his puppy, Izzy prefers steak or chicken. He puts a bite of both in front of Izzy every day for a week and saw which one she went to first.
What is the time he gave Izzy the treat? (before/after meal)
What is where he gave Izzy the treat?
This type of graph shows changes in data over time.
What is a line graph?
This step of the scientific method includes analyzing data and discussing whether or not your hypothesis was supported.
What is drawing conclusions?