Vocab
The Act of Collecting Information using your 5 senses
Observation
You start the Scientific Method when you ask...
A question
The root word 'vary' means...
Something that can change or be altered
The lab that we were able to eat the material
Cutie
The Name of the Alka-Seltzer Lab
Plop Plop Fizz Fizz
A type of data the involves taking measurements expressed as a number or statistic
Quantitative data
Make an Educated Guess
Hypothesis
Something that is unknown and can change.
Variable
The Number of Tablets dropped into each beaker of water in the Alka Seltzer lab
One
The two Materials used to Build our Towers
(Aluminum) Foil and Blue Tape
Items needed to perform an Experiment
Materials
During the experiment you collect...
Data
What is measured
Dependent Variable
The Unit of Measurement used to weigh the Cutie
Gram
The Unit of Measurement used to Time how fast an Alka Seltzer tablet Dissolves
Seconds
An interpretation (educated guess) of an observation that is based on evidence or prior knowledge
Inference
Gathering Information to establish what I know
Research
The variable that the experimenter changes for results
Independent Variable
Name two Constant Variables in the Alka Seltzer Lab
Glass Beaker, 300 ml water, Tap water Source), One Tablet, 500 ml beaker, Same Stop watch...
The Type of Data that includes, "The Cutie felt Rubbery"
Qualitative Data
A scientific explanation using evidence that is not always proven with experiments
Theory
Look at the Results of your test
Analyze Data
The group that is NOT exposed to the whatever the experimenter Changed.
Control group
The tool used to Determine the Tallest Tower
Yard or Meter Stick
The dependent variable in the Plop Plop Fizz Fizz lab
Time (in seconds) for tablet to dissolve