Scientific Method

What is the first step of the scientific method?

• Observation/Ask a question

• Record and analyze results

• Form a hypothesis

• Draw a conclusion

Identify the independent variable:

What would happen to sunflowers growth in different temperatures?

• Sunflowers growth

• Different temperatures

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The information you collect while doing your experiment is called

• conclusions

• data

• hypotheses

• procedures

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

How many independent variables should you have in an experiment?

• two

• as many as possible

• four

• one

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

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

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

The variable that is being measured or observed is called the...

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control variable

We want to know if Alden will get to school faster by walking, a bike or a bus. Which one is the dependent variable?

• Alden's speed

• Modes of transportation

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Abby observes Kaysyn using a rubrics cube. She wonder's if he can solve the cube at the same speed without looking at it verses looking at it. This is an example of a...

• Data collection

• Observation

• Asking a question

• Drawing a conclusion

When I ask you to write descriptive observations about an object, what kind of data are you collecting?

• Qualitative Data

• Quantitative Data

• This is not a form of data

When I ask you to take the mass, height, volume, speed or diameter of an object, what kind of data are you collecting?

• Qualitative Data

• Quantitative Data

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1