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My Body and Me Part A
Lessons 1-10
15
Science
6th Grade
10/07/2011

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Hypothesis
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an explanation based on observed facts or ideas of how things work
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Scientific method
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set of steps to solve a problem or answer a question scientifically
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Ethics
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practice of right or wrong, morals
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Evidence
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ldata gathered from an investigation
 
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Inference
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la conclusion or judgment based on evidence
 
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Observation
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lan act or instance of viewing (perceiving) a fact or occurrence
 
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Clinical Trial
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ltests of medicines or treatments on volunteers before they are made available to the public
 
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Control
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lvariables kept the same to ensure the validity of an experiment
 
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Placebo
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an inactive pill (treatment) that is given to volunteers  - the non-medicine
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Placebo Effect
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lthe improvement in health of people receiving placebos (not the medicine)
 
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Qualitative
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ldata that is observed and not easily measured
 
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Quantitative
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ldata that is measurable
 
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Range
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la set of values used to generalize groups of people
 
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Variable
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the factors of a lab
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Data
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linformation of observations
 
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