Science Words - 09/01/2021

An organized way for scientists to answer questions and develop solutions.

• Variables

• The Scientific Method

• Research

• Observations

Information gathered in an experiment

• Experiment

• Inferences

• Data

• Conclusion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Using your senses to make observations

• Analyze

• Observations

• Research

• Experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A plan to test the hypothesis with at least three trials

• Experiment

• Conclusion

• Hypothesis

• Constant

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The variable in an experiment which changes in response to the manipulated variable.

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Organize and look for trends that support or reject the hypothesis.

• Independent Variable

• Conclusion

• Constant

• Analyze

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Observations that can be seen, but not measured

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

Summarize the results of the experiment

• Quantitative

• Conclusion

• Dependent Variable

• Data

Ask a question based on observations

• Hypothesis

• Purpose

• Data

• The Scientific Method

Can be measured, counted, or calculated: length, width, height, temperature, time, speed, etc.

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1