Scientific Method
What are you trying to find out?
The Question
The variable that always stays the same
Control Variable
Replication is when one scientist
Copies another scientist's experiment.
The most important reasons for keeping your workspace neat is to
Prevent accidents or unsafe situations
These kind of observation use your senses to observe results.
Qualitative
What happened during the experiment?
Data
What effect does studying with music have on students test scores. What is the dependent variable?
Students test scores
Dr. Smith has been reading about another scientist’s research in a physics journal. He plans to do these experiments himself and see if he gets the same result.
Replication
In the event of any lab emergency, who do you notify?
Teacher/Instructor
There is a bad odor coming from the test tube.
Qualitative
What do you need to know about the topic?
Research
The variable that can be measured or recorded.
Dependent Variable
Repetition is when one scientist
Repeats their own experiment several times.
Long hair in the lab must be
Tied back to be kept out of the way
The leaf is 5mm wide.
Quantitative
Was your hypothesis right?
Conclusion
Eating breakfast in the morning increases the ability to learn in school. What is the independent variable?
Eating breakfast
An environmental group contacts Nina to get her procedures so that they can check her results.
Replication
When should safety goggles be worn?
When liquids could splash into your eyes OR when using glassware
There are 3 more blue beads than red beads.
Both
How will you test your hypothesis?
Experiment
The variable that I can change.
Independent Variable
Ryan is testing golf balls. He drops three different brands of balls from 40 cm and measures how high they bounce. He drops each ball 10 times.
Repetition
What is the number one rule in my class?
Respect yourself, respect others, respect my equipment.
The clouds are grey and ground is wet.
Qualitative