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Observations
Classifying
Measuring
Variable
Predicting
100
touch, taste, hearing, sight, smell
What are the five senses.
100
What is it called when you put things into groups.
What is classifying
100
When you use a ruler, tape measure, scale, protractor, etc to collect data what are you doing?
What is measuring?
100
Something that changes the outcome of an experiment.
What is a variable?
100
When you make a forecast.
What is predicting?
200
What is a trait you might see on an animal?
What is color, fur, length
200
When you change a variable on purpose. What is it called?
What is a manipulated variable?
200
With what words do you start a predictions?
What is "I predict".
300
When you listening to music, what sense are you using?
What is hearing?
300
What would you do if you and a partner had very, very different measurements during an experiment.
What is measure again.
300
What was the variable in our gum experiment?
What is the type of gum chewed/ blown?
300
I predict that Ms. Potoff will win 1 million dollars. Is this a reasonable prediction?
No.
400
What is one tool you can use for an observation using the sense of sight?
What is a hand lens, microscope
400
In what unit of measurement would you use to measure the distance from Pinckney to Hamburg?
What are miles?
400
If are measuring how high kids can jump, what could be a variable in this experiment?
Type of shoes, surface used, day of the week, kids involved in jumping.
400
What is the difference between a prediction and a hypothesis?
A hypothesis is based on what you might already know. a prediction is what you think might happen.
500
When you make an educated guess about why something is happening during an observation or experiment. What is this called?
What is inferring?
500
There are two classifications of data. What are they?
What are quantitative and qualitative data?
500
How many inches are in a yard?
What are 36 inches?
500
What variable might you pick to measure which chocolate tastes best?
What is chocolate?
500
A prognosticator makes what?
What are predictions?