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Investigation Design
Parts of Scientific Method
NORMS in class
Homework
100
The variable(s) in an investigation that are kept the same and not allowed to change or vary.
What is a constant?
100
question
What describes the focus of the investigation?
100
2 green folders, 2 shaprened pencils, notebook
What are the only supplies that should be put on desk upon entering class?
100
Monday
What day of the week do I get my homework sheet?
200
Dependent Variable
The variable the student measures that is affected (changes) as a result of changes purposely made in the independent variable.
200
title, question, hypothesis
What part of the scientific method should directly state both the independent variable and the dependent variable?
200
voice level one
What voice level is silence?
200
no
Will I get credit for homework with no name?
300
The variable that the student changes on purpose.
What is independent variable (IV)?
300
hypothesis
What predicts the effect that a change purposely made in the independent variable will have on the dependent variable.
300
periods 3, 5, 7, before school, and at lunch
What periods are bathrooms available for use?
300
cvsr.info
What is the website where homework sheets can be found?
400
The number of times that a level of the independent variable is tested in an investigation, or the number of objects or organisms tested at each level of the independent variable. Typically, at least three trials are conducted at each level in a middle school investigation.
What are trials?
400
background information
What do we call research information that is found within the hypothesis section as well as the discussion / conclusion section?
400
Green Box Tower
If absent, where do I find homework sheets or handouts?
400
On homework.
Where do I put homework number?
500
The values of the independent variable at which data is gathered. For example, when studying effect of the time of day on sea lion behavior, the levels might be: 8:30am, 12:30pm, 4:30pm, etc. as this is when the student is observing the sea lion. When studying the effect of the mass of a ball on the distance it pushes something, the levels might be: 1g, 5g, 10g.
What is levels of the independent variable?
500
test and measure
What must be included in a scientific question?
500
red and green buckets
Where do you swap an unsharpened pencil for a sharpened pencil?
500
no
Is homework accepted late?