1 Scientific Method

What is the first thing you do when performing the scientific method?

• Make a conclusion
• make an observation
• solve a problem
• experiment

What do you do after you come up with your hypothesis?

• Conclude

• Experiment

• Observation

• Analyze

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

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What comes after your conclusion?

• reflect on your work
• make a hypothesis
• test your hypothesis
• make an observation

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

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An educated guess is

• an observation
• question
• hypothesis
• experiment

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

This variable in an experiment is the one being changed by the scientist. 

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• data
• control group

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs).

• observations
  conclusion
• data
• variables
• hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the independent variable is ...

• The type of plant
• The amount of sunlight
• The type of music
• The type of liquid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Dependent variable means

• the scientist controls what to test
• educated guess
• ask a question
• what is being measured

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1