Unit 1 - Scientific Method & Lab Safety Vocab

A series of procedures that scientists use to solve problems or answer questions.

• Scientific Method

• Observation

• Inference

• Procedure

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Aspects of an experiment that are kept the same to see the impact of the independent variable (i.e. amount of sun, same soil, etc.)

• Control factors

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Hypothesis

A question that can be carried out as an experiment

• Problem

• Observation

• Inference

• Conclusion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The group or subject used as a baseline for comparison to check the results of an experiment.

• Control

• Observation

• Materials

• Procedure

Data collected by using the senses or measured with an instrument

• observation

• Hypothesis

• Scientific Method

• Materials

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

An educated guess or prediction a scientist hopes to answer by carrying out an experiment.

“If…then…because…”

• Hypothesis

• Materials

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

the final claim made by a scientist based on analyzing the experimental data

• Conclusion

• Independent Variable

• Dependendent Variable

• Procedure

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning

• Inference

• observations

• Procedure

• data table

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Variable that is measured throughout an experiment

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Problem

• control group

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The steps a scientist takes to conduct an experiment

• procedure

• problem

• conclusion

• inference

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5