The Scientific Method
Variables
About Me
Experimental Design
Smyrna Middle School
100
An educated guess usually formed in an If...Then...Statement.
What is a Hypothesis?
100
Something measured during an experiment.
What is a "Dependent Variable"?
100
My home town.
What is "Knoxville, TN"?
100
How well an Experiment is Done.
What is "Validity"?
100
The Principal of Smyrna Middle School.
Who is "Mr. Luker"?
200
The first step of the Scientific Method.
What is "Ask a question"?
200
Something that stays the same during an experiment.
What is a "Control Variable"?
200
The University I attended.
What is "The University of Tennessee"?
200
A rule or "limit" imposed by the researcher.
What is "Parameter"?
200
Our skeleton's name.
What is "Carl"?
300
A series of tests conducted in which you measure an outcome.
What is "An Experiment"?
300
Different types of something that you don't change during an experiment but you want to know what happens to them.
What is an "Independent Variable"?
300
The month that I will be getting married.
What is "December"?
300
The ability for an experiment to be repeated with the same results over and over again.
What is "Reliability"?
300
A series of science events that students compete in at MTSU in February. Students must research and build something for their event.
What is "Science Olympiad"?
400
I've just completed my experiment and I want to tell someone the outcome so that the information benefits them. What am I doing?
What is "Communicating Results"?
400
A scientific hypothesizes that the sugar will dissolve in water better, based off the temperature at which the water is kept. The Dependent Variable in this experiment is?
What is the "Amount of Sugar dissolved"?
400
My Favorite Superhero.
What is "Iron Man" or "Tony Stark"?
400
Tools or Equipment that are used to appropriately measure or collect your data in an experiment.
What is "Instrumentation"?
400
An object that you need to have with you everywhere you go in school that keeps you organized for each class and allows teachers to know where you are while on campus.
What is "Agenda"?
500
Step of the Scientific Method where you use charts and graphs to interpret data.
What is "Analyzing Your Results"?
500
A scientific hypothesizes that the sugar will dissolve in water better, based off the temperature at which the water is kept. The Independent Variable in this experiment is?
What is the "Temperature of the Water"?
500
The sport that my fiance and I play every fall.
What is "Bowling"?
500
A single independent variable that is unchanged and not measured for a basis of comparison in an experiment.
What is "Control"?
500
Date of the first major test in this class.
What is "September 14th"?