Scientific Practices

Graphing Rules - "Never make a graph without a _____

• Curved edge

• Straight edge

• Long edge

• Short edge

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

While doing a lab you should never...

• Horse play

• Not wear safety clothing

• Work alone

• All of the above

Qualitative data..

• Describes qualities

• Uses numbers to measure something

• Uses your eyesight to make a guess

• None of the above

Qualitative data examples include...

• 7 foot long

  3 inches wide

• 12 dollars

• Bad taste

• Yellow shoe

Quantitative data...

• Uses numbers to measure something

• Describes qualities

• Isn't accurate

• None of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Quantitative data examples include..

• Small house

• 100 feet long

• Dirty sink

• 12 ml

An observation is..

• A description of something you can see, smell, touch, taste, or hear.

• A guess about an object or outcome based on your observations

• Looking over someones work

• None of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

An Inference is..

• None of the above

• A description of something you can see,smell,touch,taste or hear.

• How close your measurements are to each other

• A guess about an object based on your observations

2000 mg = __________ g

• 0.2 g

• 2 g

• 20 g

• 200g

The variable changed/manipulated by the scientist, such as time, date, depth, and/or temperature. This is usually placed on the x-axis.

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• controlled variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4