Unit 1 Vocabulary

objects or ideas that represent other things; they help us to understand objects or ideas that are too small or too big to see with our eyes

• investigation

• model

• experiment

• research

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a procedure carried out to carefully observe the natural world that may include making systematic observations, asking questions, gathering information, analyzing data, summarizing results, drawing conclusions, and/or communicating results; to study or test something in order to learn more about it,

• model

• investigation

• experiment

• replication

Tags

NGSS.3-5-ETS1-3

NGSS.5-PS1-4

a procedure of steps carried out under controlled conditions to test a hypothesis/answer a question

• model

• investigation

• experiment

• research

Tags

NGSS.3-5-ETS1-3

information/measurements that are collected from an observation, experiment or investigation; scientists analyze and record this information in order to draw conclusions

• evidence

• control group

• variables

• constant

Tags

NGSS.3-5-ETS1-3

NGSS.3-PS2-1

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

the portion of an experiment that you do NOTHING to; it serves as a comparison to the experimental group; it is what you will use to compare to the other lab outcomes

• evidence

• control group

• variable

• constant

any factor in an experiment that can be changed in order to study or test a hypothesis in a scientific experiment.

• evidence

• control group

• variable

• constant

Tags

NGSS.3-5-ETS1-3

a factor that is not changed in an experiment; all the parts that stay the same to keep the experiment fair and consistent

• variable

• control group

• constant

• evidence

Tags

NGSS.3-5-ETS1-3

a belief or judgement; what someone thinks/feels about a particular thing

• constant

• opinion

• testable

• observation

using your 5 senses and/or scientific instruments to collect information about the natural world

• opinion

• observation

• testable

• valid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

to state what you think will happen under certain conditions based on data or observation

• predict

• data

• analyze

• conclusion

Tags

NGSS.3-PS2-2