Variables
What is the manipulated variable in this experiment?
I have runners run the same race in the morning, afternoon, and evening. I record their times.
The manipulated variable is the time of day.
What is the first step of the scientific method?
Ask a question.
Why would we use models to study atoms?
They are very very small.
Fact or Opinion?
Dalmation dogs are the very best breed
Opinion
What is the responding variable in this experiment?
Which paper airplane flies farther, my design or my brothers?
What words should I use in a good hypothesis?
If ________ Then __________
Because it is too dangerous to work with them directly
Science or Pseudoscience?
My horoscope for this week says I am going to encounter challenges, but overcome them. I am also going to unexpectedly receive some money!
Pseudoscience
What is the manipulated variable in this experiment?
Does dark chocolate or white chocolate melt faster when placed in the sun?
Dark chocolate or White Chocolate.
What step should I complete before writing my hypothesis?
Name a limitation of studying a plastic model of a heart.
-It does not show how the heart beats
-It wouldn't show the blood moving through the heart
Based on Science or Bias?
Out of the 20 highest mountain peaks in the United States, 17 of them are in Alaska.
Science
What should I keep the same in an experiment where I am answering this question:
Does dark chocolate or white chocolate melt faster in the sun?
The amount of chocolate.
The amount of sun.
The size of the chocolate pieces.
This is the step where I design a test, and carry it out, it is called the ______________
Experiment
What is a limitation of most solar system models?
The planets are WAY too close together.
Science or Bias?
The very smartest students in class have cats for pets.
Bias
What is the responding variable?
Does Mentos candy make a higher soda fountain in warm soda or cold soda?
The height of the soda fountain
This is the step where I use logic to see what the data I have collected really means.
Conclusion
How do computer models help scientists?
-Helps them calculate numbers
-Helps them make predictions
Science is based on...
Facts and observations