Scientific Method Review

What is a claim?

• An educated guess.

• A statement that is believed to be true.

• A factor (part) that the scientist changes.

• Data that has numbers and measurements.

After you get the results of your experiment, you need to connect the ____ to the claim.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

How do we define "reasoning?"

• A series of steps a scientist uses to find answers to questions.

• A factor (part) the scientist changes.

• A statement believed to be true.

• Scientific data used to support the claim like measurements and calculations.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The independent variable is the part the scientist changes.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The independent variables are the parts that stay the same in both groups.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Control variables are...

• Factors that change

• Factors that stay the same

• The data I collect

• The other scientists in my group

What is quantitative data?

• Data that has numbers

• Measurements

• Data we can use to support the claim.

• How you feel about the experiment.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the scientific method? (use a sentence from the passage)

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Qualitative data is data collected using the senses (see, smell, taste, hear, and touch).

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is a hypothesis?

• Scientific data used to support the claim.

• A statement believed to be true.

• An educated guess.

• The group that tests the independent variable.