Science Project Vocabulary

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

• hypothesis

• inference

• observation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The outcome of your experiment.

• trial

• results

• hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A scientific study of specific variables.

• procedure

• experiment

• trial

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Any factor that can be changed, controlled, or measured in an experiment.

• experiment

• hypothesis

• variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The number of times an experiment is conducted.

• hypothesis

• trial

• procedure

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

• observation

• variable

• hypothesis

Observations and measurements taken from the experiment.

• inference

• data

• trials

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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

• dependent/responding variables

• independent variables

• controlled variables

The ONLY THING that is changed throughout the experiment to see what effect it has on the outcome of the experiment.

• dependent/responding variable

• controlled variables

• independent variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

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

• observations

• data

• results