Design Process Vocabulary

the step-by-step process scientists use to solve problems or answer questions

• Experiment

• Investigation

• Design Process

• Solution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

a carefully controlled test of a possible solution

• variables

• prediction

• data

• Investigation/experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

to guess what is going to happen based on prior experiences 

• prediction

• solution

• observation

• data

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

tools needed to complete an experiment

• data

• revise

• materials

• conclusion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-6

something that can change, or vary in an experiment

• Design Process

• variables

• data

• experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

the skill of watching somebody or something attentively

• observation

• experiment

• variables

• prediction

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

NGSS.4-PS3-2

information you gather during an experiment

• materials

• data

• observations

• conclusion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

to change something in order to correct or improve it

• experiment

• conclusion

• variables

• revise

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

a statement that a person thinks is true based on the results of an investigation 

• conclusion

• data

• prediction

• investigation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-2