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| A way of using an organized way to solve science problems and experiments |
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| A test or trial undertaken to discover or demonstrate something |
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| The decision you come to after completing the experiment and written in paragraph form. |
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| What you see, touch, taste, hear and record from the experiment. |
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| The written instructions you use in order to do an experiment |
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| objects you need to conduct your experiment. |
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| Things that remain constant in your experiment. |
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| Manipulated/Independent Variables |
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| That which changes in your experiment |
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| A clearly stated question that you want to solve |
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| A likely explanation or educated guess of the problem |
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| Another word for an experiment. |
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| After the experiment is finished you can write a few brief sentences to record your information |
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| an way to record data from an experiment that uses the "x" and "y" axis to plot the data |
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| Quantitative Observations |
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| The measurable results from your experiment |
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| dependent or responding variable |
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| The part of the experiment in which you can measure |
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| Another word for information |
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| to make an educated guess |
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| Step 1 of Scientific Method |
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| The PROBLEM is in the form of a question. Write a question that explains what you are trying to solve in your experiment. Must have a question mark. |
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| Step 2 of the Scientific Method |
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| Your HYPOTHESIS is a guess or prediction about what is going to happen. It must be in the form of an "if, then" statement. |
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| Step 3 of the Scientific Method |
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| Your MANIPULATIVE/INDEPENDENT VARIABLE is the thing you are changing. |
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| Step 4 of the Scientific Method |
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| Your CONTROLS are the things that are staying the same. |
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| Step 5 of the Scientific Method |
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| Your DEPENDENT/RESPONDING VARIABLE is the thing that is being measured. |
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| Step 6 of the Scientific Method |
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| List all MATERIALS used in the experiment. |
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| Step 7 of the Scientific Method |
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| Write clear, step-by-step direction for the PROCEDURE. |
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| Step 8 of the Scientific Method |
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| QUALITATIVE OBSERVATIONS are the things you saw happening: Write sentences but do not use numbers in this part of the scientific method. |
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| Step 9 of the Scientific Method |
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| In chart form, write your QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATIONS -- the height, time, distance, or whatever else is being measured. |
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| Step 10 of the Scientific Method |
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| For the RESULT section, simply restate the results from your chart in sentences. You must use numbers in this part of the scientific method. |
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| Step 11 of the Scientific Method |
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| The CONCLUSION in paragraph form summarizes the entire experiment. |
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| Step 12 of the Scientific Method |
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| For your GRAPH, be sure to write the title on top and label both the "x" line and the "y" line. Use a line graph or a bar graph. |
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