Monica, Tom, and Sophie decided to have a jump rope contest! They recorded how many jumps they could complete after practicing for different amounts of time.

How does practicing longer affect the number of jumps?

Yadi, Monica, and Tom are curious scientists! They want to see how different temperatures affect how quickly ice melts. They set up a cool experiment and are excited to make a graph of their results. Which variable should they put on the X-axis?

Mike and Kyra wanted to see if the sugar content in ice cream affects how many people rate it as their favorite. They offered ice cream with low, medium, and high sugar levels to 30 classmates and recorded how many chose each. What can Mike and Kyra conclude from their results?

Yolanda, Kyra, and Cary are on a mission to discover which sports drink keeps them energized and hydrated the longest during their intense soccer practice. Which variable is the independent variable in their experiment?

Monica, Yadi, and Sophie are teaming up to design a cool basketball experiment. Which of these is a non-testable question for their awesome project?

Monica and Kate are curious about how fertilizer affects plant growth. Monica adds fertilizer to her group of plants, while Kate leaves her group without any fertilizer. The group without fertilizer is the:

Cary, Monica, and Tom are helping Kate with a plant experiment using salt water. Which statement would make the best hypothesis for their experiment?

Sophie, Monica, and Van are doing a plant experiment! They add fertilizer to 3 of their plants, but leave the 4th plant without any. All the plants get the same amount of sunlight and water. What are the constants in their experiment?

Cary, Monica, and Sophie are curious about how much rain fell each day this week in their neighborhood. Which question would they need to analyze data to answer?

Tom, Kyra, and Sophie are curious if playing background music at work will boost their productivity. They decide to track their work output after working with and without music. What’s the dependent variable in their experiment?

Monica, Cary, and Van are having a friendly garden competition! They notice that when they add 0g to 10g of fertilizer, their plants grow taller. But when they try 20g, the plants actually get shorter. What does this suggest?

Van, Danielle, and Monica are helping Kyra with her science experiment to see how different amounts of water affect plant growth. They decide to make a colorful graph where the X-axis shows the amount of water and the Y-axis shows the height of the plants. Which catchy acronym can they use to remember which variable goes on each axis?

Monica and Danielle wanted to find out if the color of light affects how quickly a plant grows. After 10 days, they collected this data. If Monica accidentally watered the green-light plant twice as much each day, how might that error affect the results?

Yadi decides to change how much sunlight her plants get to see how it affects their growth. What is the scientific term for the variable that Yadi changes on purpose in her experiment?

Tom, Van, and Kyra are working together on a science experiment. Why should they repeat their experiment several times?

Kate, and Tom are teaming up to design an experiment to see how different amounts of sunlight affect plant growth. Which list correctly includes all the major types of variables they should consider in their experiment?

Monica and Van are having a debate. Monica says, "I think yellow cars are prettier!" Why is Monica's statement considered non-testable?

Kate and Mike are on a mission to clean slime off tiles! They want to see if lemonade or water works better. What could they change to make their experiment even better?

Kate and Monica are spending a sunny day at the beach and want to see if different sunscreen brands change how long it takes for their skin to burn. Which question is the best example of a real-world, testable question they could investigate?

Sophie and Van are working together on a science experiment and want to create a graph to show their results. What can they do to make sure their graph is easy for everyone to understand?

Sophie and Kyra are working together on a cool science experiment and collect some important data. Why is it important for them to share their data with other scientists?

Monica and Van decided to have a sugar dissolving race! They wanted to see how the amount of sugar affects how long it takes to dissolve in water at the same temperature. Based on their results, what is the best conclusion?

Yadi, Van, and Sophie wanted to discover how different types of light affect plant growth. They each took identical plants and placed them in different light conditions for 2 weeks. Here’s what they found: Based on their experiment, which inference is best supported by the data?

Yadi, Mike, and Kate wanted to see how the angle of a ramp affects the speed of their toy race car! They set up a 1-meter track and timed how long it took the toy car to zoom down at different ramp angles. Here’s what they found: If they made a graph of their results, what kind of relationship would you expect to see between ramp angle and travel time?