Scientific Method Vocab

The diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world (creation) and propose explanations based on evidence they gather.

• Scientific Inquiry

• Controlled experiment

• Operational Defintion

• Communicating

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question; must be testable.

• Hypothesis

• Variable

• Communication

• Responding Variable

A factor in an experiment that can change.

• Variable

• Hypothesis

• Controlled Experiment

• Data

An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time.

• Controlled Experiment

• Experimental Group

• Scientific Inquiry

• Hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The one factor/variable that a scientist changes/controls during an experiment.

• Independent (Manipulated) Variable

• Dependent (Responding) Variable

• Controlled Variable

• Constant

The factor that changes as a result of changes to the independent variable in the experiment.

• Dependent (Responding) Variable

• Variable

• Hypothesis

• Data

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A statement that describes how to measure a particular variable or hot to define a particular term for that specific experiment.

• Operational Definition

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Summary of what you have learned from an experiment.

• Conclusion

• Hypothesis

• Variable

• Data

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

These are the all the other variables in a experiment that you need to make sure stay the same OTHER than what was purposely changed.

• Controlled Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Controlled Experiment

The facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.

• Data

• Variable

• Operational Definition

• Hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2