Analyzing and Interpreting Scientific Data Review

A student noticed a pattern, that the fish grew to be longer when they lived in larger tanks.

• Analyzing and Interpreting Data

• Using Math and Computational thinking

• Developing and Using Models

• Asking Questions and Defining Problems

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Analyzing and interpreting data

• Practice of examining your results to show a relationship between the information gathered and the question/hypothesis

• A limitation or condition that must be satisfied by a design

• A conclusion that can be supported by evidence and reasoning

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Engaging in argument from evidence

• Practice of making a claim, then using data and reading to support that claim

• An interpretation of things that we observe

• Practice of carefully designing experiments to answer very specific questions about a phenomenon.

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A quantitative observation includes

• numbers

• words

• colors

• texture

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Measurements of the heights of different plants in an experiment are called:

• Data

• Theories

• Inferences

When you analyze a table of measurements, you are:

• Posing a question

• Interpreting data

• Manipulating variables

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

When you decide if your hypothesis was proven, you are:

• Interpreting data

• Manipulating variables

• Drawing a conclusion

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which of the following is a key step in analyzing scientific data?

• Formulating a hypothesis

• Collecting samples

• Interpreting results

• Designing an experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is the primary purpose of a control group in an experiment?

• To provide a standard for comparison

• To increase the sample size

• To test multiple variables

• To ensure the experiment is ethical

When a scientist uses a graph to represent data, what are they primarily doing?

• Collecting data

• Analyzing data

• Formulating a hypothesis

• Conducting an experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1