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scientific method
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7th Grade
09/16/2009

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what is the goal of science
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to understant the world around us
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what is scientific inquiry
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a way of asking questions and getting answers
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what are the steps of the scientific method
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observation,ask questions,develop a hypothisis,create a variable,experiment,collect data,analasys,lab report
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observation
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taking mental notes about the world around us
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quantitative observation
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involves numbers
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qualitive observation
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opinion and anything else
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examples of types of two obsevations
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my computer has 1 powerbutton,my ice cream is cold
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what is a scientific question
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a question that can be answered though experiments
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example of sci. question
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are whales smarter than humans
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what is a hypothisis
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an educated guess
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what is an experiment
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a way to test your hypothesis
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what is a variable
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everything that may effect the results
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what is a minipulated variable
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the one thing you change
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what is the responding variable
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the thing that changes because of what you did
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what is a control variable
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evarything that doest change
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what is data
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information
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what is analysis
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figuring out what something is
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what is a conclusion
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a general wrap-up and what you learned
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what r the parts of a lab report
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intro,procedure,results,conclusion
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what does the intro do
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what the experiment was for
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what is procedure
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what you did and how you did it
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what is the data and results about
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what happened at the end
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