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Science Fair
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What is the purpose of using scientific methods, and the experimental process?

To answer questions about the world around us.

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Doing an experiment multiple times is called __________________.

What is repetition?

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What is the primary (main) difference between experiments and investigations?
What is the control and use of variables?
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Why is the dependent variable called the "dependent" variable?
Answers may vary
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A scientific _______________ explains the basis of a scientific law.
What is theory?
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Science Fair is a real-life application of this general concept from Nature of Science.

What is scientific experimentation?

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Making an observation and then drawing a reasonable conclusion about it using prior knowledge is called making a(n) _______________.

What is an inference (inferring)?

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The action of reproducing somebody else's experiment is usually known as _________________.

What is replication?

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What makes an experiment different from other forms of scientific investigation?
What is use and control of variables?
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Homer notices that his shower is covered in a strange green slime. His friend Barney tells him that coconut juice will get rid of the green slime. Homer decides to check this this out by spraying half of the shower with coconut juice. He sprays the other half of the shower with water. After 3 days of "treatment" there is no change in the appearance of the green slime on either side of the shower. What is the controlled variable/control?

"He sprays the other half of the shower with water."

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A scientific _______________ is a statement based on repeated experimental observations that describes some aspects of the universe.
What is law?
200

This is the tool we are all using to keep track of notes, deadlines, research, and all other aspects of the experiments for Science Fair.

What is the Science Fair Digital Notebook?

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Grouping together items that share characteristics is called ______________.

Classifying/Classification

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A variable that is purposefully not tested within an experiment is called a __________________.

What is a control?

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Pieces of information acquired through observation or experimentation is called
What is empirical evidence (or data)?
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What is the purpose of variables?
To accurately identify and explain why or how certain things happen.
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_________________ is information acquired by observation or experimentation.
What is empirical evidence (data)?
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Which page contains the deadlines for each and every part of the Science Fair project?

Answers may vary by teacher.

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What is the main difference between "qualitative" and "quantitative" observations?

One type involves use of numbers (measurement). Which one?

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___________________ is the process of asking questions and making observations about the world around us.
What is scientific inquiry?
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The variable(s) that the scientist changes nothing in and is used for comparison is called__________.
What is the control group?
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Bart hypothesizes that root beer will produce taller hamsters if they drink it. In the experiment he’s planning, what would be the dependent variable?

What is height (taller hamsters)?

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A scientific _______________ represents a concept or idea, and allows observers to better understand it.
What is a model?
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The purpose of Background Research is to show you have a significant understanding of this part of the experiment.

What is the topic, problem, or question being asked?

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Mr. Fabian's hair is seldom seen in much detail. Make one qualitative observation and one quantitative observation about it.

Answers may vary

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An __________________ is an open-ended, informal method of scientific inquiry that does not involve use of variables.
What is investigation?
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Why do we perform experiments and investigations?
To learn about the world around us
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Think about the effect light has on the growth of plants. What is the independent variable? What is the dependent variable?
What is light and growth?
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Complete the following: "As new knowledge is gained, ___________ are refined to better explain the data. A ___________ is a mathematical relationship that is consistently found to be true."
Theories --------- Law
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These are the consequences if your experimental hypotheses are not supported.

Hypotheses are useful even when they are not supported. It’s an opportunity to modify the experiment and test another way.