We use a meter stick instead of paper clips to practice this method of measuring.
What is standard measure?
100
A scientist conducted an experiment to test the strength of foam pillows. He found that putting several large rocks WILL dent the foam pillows.
What is a conclusion?
100
A scientist builds one of these to simulate something in real life.
What is a model?
100
A scientist is able to display a line graph of recorded air temperature every 2 hours using these two data points.
What are Temperature & Time of Day?
200
To display a chart, graph, picture, or table for others to understand your scientific findings.
What is communicate?
200
This action of measurement would best help you determine how fast a car rolls down a ramp.
What is measuring the car's speed?
200
A scientist is trying to prove that tea discolors teeth and puts an egg in a glass filed with tea and soaks it for 1 day. When it is removed, the shell looks brown, proving the effect tea has on teeth.
What is the main purpose?
200
A scientist conducted an experiment to test the strength of foam pillows. He found that putting several large rocks WILL dent the foam pillows.
What is a conclusion?
200
A chart displays results of a paper boat's floating ability based on 3 different placements of the same number of beads(weight) in the boat.
What is the variable?
300
To share, discuss, and compare your results with other for accuracy.
What is collaborate?
300
Tool used to compare close up views of leaves.
What is a hand lens?
300
A scientist NOTICE (observes) that many butterflies all over in a particular area and WONDERS WHY (questions) there are so many at this time. These are two parts of the scientific method.
What is observing and questioning?
300
A scientist wraps three cups with three different materials: foil, wool, & cotton and fills the cups with hot tap water. Every 30 minutes he measure the temperatures and concludes that the final water temperature was the warmest in the jar wrapped in wool.
What is evidence?
300
The best way to communicate & show your classmates a comparison of how fast a peach tree grows with how fast a lemon tree grows.
What is a graph?
400
Something that can be held in your hands and has a length, width, and height.
What is a three-dimensional model?
400
This method of measurement with this tool will give the most accurate metric mesurement of the length of a bus.
What is a metric ruler, metric tape measure, or meter stick?
400
A scientist thinks that hot water will cause a sugar cube to dissolve faster than cold water. This is part of the scientific process.
What is a hypothesis?
400
You use your senses to identify the colors of different butterflies and see this part of the natural world today.
What is observation?
400
A scientist's data displays the greatest amount of rainfall being during the second week of a month.
What is the amount of rainfall observed?
500
Using coins, jellybeans, pickles, and paperclips to measure length or width.
What is non-standard measure?
500
An experiment that requires you to use tools to help you gather numerical data.
What is a measurable question?
500
To test, measure, or compare your results to see if they are correct.
What is checking for accuracy?
500
In completing a solar system experiment, the color of the planets could not be shown accurately by this activity.
What is a making a model?
500
They want to compare their work and make sure they get the correct measurement.
Why do groups show their data to one another or "collaborate"?