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| This is what you are trying to figure out; has to be specific and testable |
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| "Research your topic in the library; consists of reading books, talking to experts, " |
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| This is your educated guess that has a reason for that guess |
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| A step-by-step set of directions for carrying out an experiment |
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| The one and only thing that is changed by the experimenter on purpose. This is what you are changing on purpose during the experiment. |
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| This is effect that can be observed and measured; |
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| The parts of an experiment that are kept the same so that it's a fair test. Also called controlled variable |
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| The parts of an experiment that are kept the same so that it's a fair test. Also called a constant. |
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| "This is your information that's collected based on your observations, drawings, tables, charts and graphs" |
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| This is the averages from your data chart. It is called Reduced Data because you took all of the trials and REDUCED them down to just the most important numbers the averages! |
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| What you learned from the experiment; sometimes includes the expansions and applications of what you learned. |
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| In what ways could you make the experiment bigger and /or better? A part of the conclusion usually. |
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| How the results of the experiment can be used or applied: usually part of the conclusions |
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| 6 Basic Steps in Scientific Methods |
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| Question; Background Information; Hypothesis; Materials and Procedures; Experiment and Collect Data; come to a Conclusion |
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| "Is normally box or rectangle shaped. Is used to collect, store, and organize your data." |
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| This is a visual display of the reduced data that was collected |
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| Includes doing library research; building models and or doing dissections;has NO variables |
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| "Uses variables: IV, DV, CV and maybe a control group " |
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| on a graph; is the horizontal line (L to R ) and most often the bottom line too. |
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| On a graph also; is the vertical (top -bottom) and usually on the left side of the page |
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| A representation of an object or an event that is used to understand the natural world. |
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| A way of learning more about the natural world. Provides only possible answers to questions |
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| a conclusion based on a observation |
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| is specific and repeatable by OTHER scientists |
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| a process that repeats itself over and over; ex. the rock cycle |
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| the way something is built;ex.a tree has a certain structure |
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| "a way to do something;a ""how-to""" |
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