Scientfic Investergation Flashcards
Develop a research question
What specifically do you want to determine ?
What’s make observations/Do research
To determine what problem you want to address
Develop ah hypothesis
based on research from a variety of sources
Conduct a controlled Experiment
Testing the hypothesis and collecting data and observation
Interpret and analyze
Using tables & graphs
Draw Conclusions
Improvements for future experiments
Communicate results
So others can build on the experiment
Hypothesis?
Educated guess ..
Variables
Are factors that are measured in an experiment
Independent variable
Is the variable that you purposely change
Dependent variable
That change as result of changing the IV
Control
Is the baseline measurement that you compare your data to
Constants
The things that are purposely kept the same in the experiment
Experiment
Is a structured way to test a hypothesis
Balance
Measure mass