Scientific Method Review

A summary of findings

• variable

• conclusion

• experiment

 Francis wonders where his dog is getting through the fence.  He found a spot behind a bush where the fence is rotted away.  Francis thought, if the fence is rotted away, then that is where my dog is getting through.   Francis developed a

•  hypothesis

•  constant

• graph

A discipline of study and research with the goal of better understanding the world around us.

• science

• question

• variable

How do you test your hypothesis?

• Do an experiment

• Make an observation

• Ask a question

Constants are factors in an experiment that stay the same. True or False?

• True

• False

What should an experimenter do after collecting data?

• draw conclusions

• observe and infer

• carry out the experiment

 

Information gathered from your experiment

• observation

• hypothesis

• data

the variable being changed in an

experiment

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Constant

Variables that are not being tested but that

must be kept the same in case they affect the

experiment

• Control Variables

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

the variable being measured in an

experiment and responding to the independent variable

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Control Variables