Variables
Dependent variable
We use our five senses or measuring tools.
To make conclusion.
Descriptive information collected through the use of the 5 senses.
Qualitative observations or data
Does the type of shoes affect how high you jump?
Scientific Question
The _______variable is the variable that is changed by the person doing the experiment.
This is the variable or condition that is changed in an experiment.
Independent variable
Information is recorded and organized.
Gathering Data
Observations that can either be counted or measured using tools like, rulers, scales...
Quantitative observations or data
Mushrooms will grow the best on manure.
Hypothesis
What is the step that comes after making conclusions that we often do not think about.
Communicate your findings or share your findings with other.
A veriable or condition that the scientist keeps the same.
Control Veriable
Restate your hypothesis, and make a summary of your findings.
Conclusion
The first step in the scientific method
Make observations
The centipede has too many legs to count.
Qualitative
Which step do you draw conclusions from the collected information.
Make conclusions
Does the temperature of water affect how fast it freezes. Control variables.
- same comtainer, same freezer, same time
Follow the discription of what you are going to do step by step.
Design and do an experiment.
The two steps in the scientific method where observation are taken.
Make Observations, Gather Data
Does the type of liquid affect how tall a spinach plant grows?
Scientific question
How do you improve an experiment or remove error?
Repeat, increase controls, improving measurements etc.
The best experiments have how many independant variables.
1
After gathering data or information, we can organize and represent it in different ways. Give two ways.
Tables, Graphs, Notes, Tallies,
When the ball dropped from 150 cm it bounced 5 times before stopping.
Qualitative
The biodegradable plastic was left in the ground for 1 year with a loss of mass of 6 grams.
Quantitative data.
List all the steps in the scientific method
Make observations, ask a scientific question, make a hypothesis, design and do an experiment, collect data, make conclusion.