What is the metric temperature below?
What is about 22oC?
What do tool is used to measure length? ___
What is the base unit? ___
Metric Ruler
meters
What are the series of steps we use to solve problems in science?
Scientific Method
What is the constant?
Fishing location
Time spent fishing.
How do scientist communicate results?
Write a scientific article to publish.
The volume of the liquid shown is ___.
What is 2.65mL ?
What do tool is used to measure mass? ___
What is the base unit? ___
Triple Beam Balance (or electric scale)
grams
What parts of an experiment stays the same?
Constants
What is the independent variable?
IV- The new bait
What is the IV?
IV- Number of weeks
A. The bottom of the meniscus.
What do tool is used to measure volume? ___
What is the base unit? ___
Graduated Cylinder
liter
What are the steps of the scientific method?
State the Problem,
Gather Information,
Form Hypothesis,
Perform an Experiment,
Analyze Data,
Draw conclusion,
Report Result
What is the dependent variable?
DV=# of fish caught
Make a quantitative observation.
(Number)
The bowl has 1 fish.
There is one bowl
There is one plant.
How long is the red line shown?
What is 3.2 cm?
What do tool is used to measure temperature? ___
What is the base unit? ___
Celsius thermometer
Celsius
What is the difference between an independent variable and a dependent variable?
Independent Variable - what you add or test
Dependent Variable - what is measured
How would you rate the new bait?
The new brand did not work better.
What would be the conclusion for this experiment.
Seeds need water in order to germinate.
Seeds that are watered grew and the ones without did not.
What is the mass of the object shown?
What is 288g?
How do you the volume of an irregular shaped object?
Put water in a graduated cylinder and measure the volume.Then, place the object into a graduated cylinder with water and measure.Subtract the first measurement from the second in order to get the volume of the object.
Children of different ages where given the same puzzle to assemble. The puzzle assembly time was measured. What is the Independent & Dependent Variables? Name 1 Constant.
IV -different age groups
DV-assembly time
Constant- same puzzle.
IV- the amount of fertilizer. (# of drops)
How many variables should be in a controlled experiment? What is the placebo effect? (Hint: think of your sponge-bob sheet with the breath mints)
You should only have ONE variable in a controlled experiment. Placebo effect is when the individual is not given the IV but THINKS they have because they were told they did. They start to feel the effects when actually....there aren't any.