Experimental skills

How many things do we measure in an experiement?

• 1

• 2

• Buckle my shoe

The things we measure in an experiment are called.....

• Thingies

• Physics do-das

• Variables

• Variable resistors

How do we initially record the data in an experiment?

• On scraps of paper around the room

• In a pie chart

• In a table

• In a graph

What TWO things go in the header of a table?

• The date

• The units

• The thing we're measuring

• Your star sign

If you were conducting an experiment to see how the height of a student affects their weight. What TWO things would you measure?

• The number of students

• The height of students

• The weight of students

• The school the students go to

If you were conducting an experiment to see how the number of blocks I stack affect the height of my tower. What are the TWO variables??

• The number of blocks

• The height of the tower

• The weight of bocks

• The temperature of the room

If you were measuring the height of your teachers what TWO things would you write the header of your table?

• Weight

• seconds

• cm

• Height

What is the name of the variable that you change in an experiment?

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Control variable

What is the name of the variable that changes BECAUSE you changed something else in an experiment?

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Control variable

What is the name of the things you keep the same in an experiment?

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Control variable