science and engineering practices Flashcards
Scientific Method
The way scientists study and learn about the world
Observation
using you 5 sentences to gather information about something.
Qualitative observation
using you scenes to tell color, texture, taste
Hypothesis
A prediction based on prior knowledge, and it is always written in an if then
Variable
A letter that is in the place of a number.
Inforance
an explanation of an observation Based on prior knowledge
manipulated independent variables
what you are measuring
dependent variable
what you are able to control and what you are measuring
CER
Claim evidence reasoning
Claim
The answer to the question you are trying to answer
Quantitative observation
using numbers or measurements to describe something
Evidence
Our data that supports your claim
Reasoning
Explaining how the evidence makes the claim true
Conclusion
Using evidence to prove what you learned
control variables
what must stay the same