Steps of the Scientific Method
The fifth step of the Scientific Method
What is Communicate your Results?
What is the fourth step: Analyze the Data
The experiment: Dominikk wants to know if hours spent studying affects test scores.
The test scores/grades are considered the __________ variable.
What is dependent?
What is an independent variable?
A tool that is used to transfer small amounts of liquid.
What is a pipette?
The second step of the Scientific Method; making an educated guess
What is Form a Hypothesis?
What is the third step: Create and Perform an Experiment?
The experiment: Ryder wants to know if the kind of music you listen to while you study affects test grades.
The kind of music that someone is listening to is the _________ variable.
The act of studying something closely.
What is analyzing?
I know lunch seems so far away and you want a snack, but ____________ during an experiment might give Miss Kaydee a heart attack.
What is eating?
The first step of the Scientific Method; it all starts with a question!
What is Identify the Problem?
After looking at the data from her experiment, Destiny tells all of her friends, teachers, and family about her findings.
What is the fifth step: Communicate your Results?
The experiment: Patrick conducts an experiment to see if the amount of time spent working out affects how much weight is lost.
The amount of time someone spends working out is the __________ variable.
What is independent?
Facts, numbers, or observations that are usually written down during an experiment.
What is data?
If you are not __________ to the teacher when she is talking, you may miss important information. Without that information, you might do something that could result an accident.
What is listening?
The fourth step of the Scientific Method; this is where you start over if needed
What is Analyze the Data?
After learning about the sun, Kingston was curious as to just how hot it really is. He wonders if he could use the sun to make s'mores.
What is the first step: Identify the Problem/Ask a Question?
The experiment: Indigo wants to know if the amount of water a plant gets will affect how fast it grows.
The kind of plant used is considered the __________ variable.
What is controlled?
Facts or data that helps prove that something is true or real.
What is evidence?
A tall, narrow lab container with measurement markings.
What is a graduated cylinder?
What is Create and Perform an Experiment?
Kaitlyn questions if sunlight affects how tall plants will grow. After doing some research, she thinks that the more sunlight a plant gets, the taller it will grow.
What is the second step: Form a Hypothesis
The experiment: Maddox wants to know which ice cream shop in town has the best version of his favorite flavor.
The kind of ice cream he gets at each shop is the __________ variable.
What is controlled?
The part of the experiment that is measured.
What is a dependent variable?
A tool used to measure how long something takes.
What is a stop watch?