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| 6 STEPS OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD |
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- ask a question
- form a hypothesis
- perform an experiment or test the hypothesis
- analyze the data
- draw conclusions
- communicate the results
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| ways to analzye the results of your experiment |
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| obtaining, organizing and doing calculations |
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| After concluding that your tests support your hypothesis you should...... |
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| COMMUNICATE the results so scientists can learn from you |
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| In order to make sure you are getting good results from an experiment you should |
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| the group that is being tested |
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| the group that IS NOT being tested |
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| control group is compared with one or more experimental groups |
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| the part of the experiment that is CHANGED by the person doin the experiment |
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| the part of the experiment that is affected by the independent variable |
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| the variables that stay the same, in both groups, throughout the experiment |
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| TO OBTAIN AN ACCURATE MEASUREMENT |
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| find the MENISCUS and read it at eye level |
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| A MEASURE OF HOW MUCH MATTER AN OBJECT HAS |
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| used to measure length, width and distance |
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| METRIC MEASUREMENTS OF LENGTH |
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| kilometers, millimeters, meters, centimeters |
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| volume of a cube can be measured with this |
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| LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT = |
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