Science Fair Project Vocabulary

Variables that remain the same throughout all trials of the experiment.

• dependent variables

• independent variables

• controlled variables

• variables

Observations and measurements taken from the experiment. Should be organized using a graph in order to easily see results.

• variable

• trial

• inference

• data

The change that happens in your experiment as a result of changing the independent variable. This is usually what you are measuring.

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• hypothesis

• variable

The scientific study of specific variables.

• trial

• experiment

• procedure

• observation

An educated response (or guess) to a proposed scientific question. This is what is tested for during an experiment.

• hypothesis

• experiment

• variable

• data

The ONLY THING that is changed throughout an experiment to see what affect it has on the outcome of the experiment,

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• variable

• hypothesis

A reasonable conclusion or opinion formed from known facts or evidence.

• observation

• trial

• inference

• hypothesis

Things that you see or observe using your senses throughout an experiment.

• data

• observation

• procedure

• variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A list of steps performed throughout an experiment. They should be very detailed and specific so that someone else could read them and redo your experiment exactly as it was originally done.

• hypothesis

• results

• variables

• procedure

The outcome of your experiment.

• variables

• data

• results

• trial

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2