Scientific Skills & Methods

Scientific Skills & Methods

Multiple Choice

A question that begins your lab investigation

• problem

• hypothesis

• experiment

• observation

• conclusion

Multiple Choice

Careful studying of what happened during the experiment - using your five senses (when safe).

• problem

• hypothesis

• experiment

• observation

• conclusion

Multiple Choice

Using one or more of your senses to gather information.

• Analyzing

• Classifying

• Observing

• Predicting

Multiple Choice

Regents Check

Which activity would be an appropriate first step

when designing an experiment?

• repeating the experiment with a different

  hypothesis

• creating a data table to organize experimental

  observations

• researching the problem, using information

  from a variety of sources

• reporting a conclusion based on multiple

  experimental trials

Multiple Choice

The one variable that I am changing in the experiment.

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• constants

Multiple Choice

The things that need to be kept THE SAME for each trial.

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• constants

Multiple Choice

What is being measured in the experiment.

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• constants

Multiple Choice

Your explanation of HOW the lab connects to science concepts we have learned about in class.

• claim

• evidence

• reasoning

Multiple Choice

The answer to your problem based on your observations (claim, evidence, reasoning).

• problem

• hypothesis

• experiment

• observation

• conclusion

Multiple Choice

Regents Check

The chart below summarizes the effect of commercial fishing on a local Atlantic cod population over a 9-year period.

According to the chart, it can be concluded that

• the number of fishing boats has less effect on the local cod population than pollution

• more fishing boats make the cod population estimates more accurate

• an increase in fishing boats has had a positive impact on cod population growth

• commercial fishing is having a negative effect on the local cod population