Scientific Investigation Review

In this step of the scientific method you are doing the test

• analysis

• conclusion

• hypothesis

• experiment

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

In this step of the scientific method you are making an educated prediction as to what you think will happen

• purpose

• hypothesis

• research

• experiment

In this step of the scientific method you are organizing your data into charts, graphs or tables

• research

• conclusion

• analysis

• hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

In this step of the scientific method you are coming up with your question. What are you doing the experiment on

• purpose

• research

• hypothesis

• conclusion

In this step of the scientific method you are summarizing what happened in the experiment. Was your hypothesis (guess) correct or was it incorrect

• analysis

• experiment

• conclusion

• purpose

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

This is the variable that YOU change ON PURPOSE in the BEGINING of the experiment. It is the difference between each trail of your experiment.

• Independent Variable (IV)

• Dependent Variable (DV)

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

This is the variable that comes SECOND. It is always MEASURABLE (#). It is your RESULTS

• Independent Variable (IV)

• Dependent Variable (DV)

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

In an experiment there are certain things that need to be kept the same in order to make it a FAIR experiment. These things are called

• Constants

• Control

• Independent Variable (IV)

• Dependent Variable (DV)

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

This is an extra trail you add to your experiment that you DONT make a change to. You keep it as normal or natural as possible. This is to CHECK to make sure your experiment was set up correctly.

• constants

• control

• Dependent Variable (DV)

• Independent Variable (IV)

We are conducting an experiment where we want to see which color flower attracts the most butterflies. We set out red, pink and yellow flowers and count the number of butterflies that visit each flower. What is the Independent Variable

• The number of butterflies

• The color of flower