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WorksheetsScience Skills Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is an OBSERVATION about this dog?
The dog has crazy eyes
The dog is scared of something
The dog has a brown nose
The dog just ate something funky
Imagine you show someone this photo who knows NOTHING about basketball. Which of the following are observations they could make about this photo?
He is palming a basketball with one hand
Lebron is one of the greatest players of all time
Lebron plays for the Lakers
He is wearing a Jersey that says "Lakers"
He is pointing
An inference is.....
An educated guess based on your observations
FACTS gathered using your five senses.
A guess about what will happen in the future
An example of the best kind of data we can collect
In our class testable questions must always have the following components....
Cannot look the answer up online (can't just google it)
Must be able to answer through an experimental investigation (can we do an experiment to test this?)
Must be able to get the right answer every time
Must lead to other good testable questions
Which of the following is a good testable question for our classroom?
How long does it take for astronauts to travel to the moon?
How does caffeine affect the growth of grass seedlings?
How can scientists cure all diseases?
Which dog do you like better?
Independent variables are....
The thing you change in an experiment/the thing you are testing
The DATA you're collecting/the thing you're measuring
A student wants to ask the question “How does the type of shoe affect a person’s vertical jump height?” What is the INDEPENDENT Variable in this experiment?
The vertical jump height
The amount of basketball players
The type of shoe
The person jumping
Inference: Increased sleep leads to higher grades.
Independent variable: Amount of sleep
What would the dependent variable be in an experiment to test this?
Amount of time you sleep
Grade Point Average
Where you sleep
Amount of classes you take
You have two teachers in this class! Your teachers names are....
Ms. Currie
Ms. Coleman
Ms. Davido
Ms. Davis
I want to test the effect of music on the productivity of students in my class. The music in this experiment is the (a) variable. (Spelling Counts)
