Grade 6 Scientific Method/Experimental Design

This is an educated guess at the answer to your questions and may be an "if, then" statement.

This is the variable that changes because of the other variable.  It is what is being measured.

This is an educated guess, or a testable possible answer to your research question.

This variable is the one that the scientist changes on purpose.

This is used for comparison in an experiment and does not get the independent variable.

Observation or Inference?  The caterpillar did not eat the moth because it does not eat meat.

Observation or Inference? I can jump high in tennis shoes because they have rubber soles.

When testing if plants grow taller when given more fertilizer what should be constant?

A decision you make based on information you gathered from an experiment is a 

The group that gets some amount of the independent variable.  There can be more than one.

Observation or Inference?  The sun rose at 6:54 this morning.

Observation or Inference? When the power is turned on, the game lights up and plays a song.

This is what the scientist keeps the same throughout the experiment.

Someone who makes observations and asks questions about the natural world is a(n)

Beth looks up all of the trees in the US that loose their leaves in the fall.  An example of 

If kids take vitamins then they will not get as many colds.  What is the independent variable?

A procedure you carry out to test a hypothesis is a/an

If carrots are eaten daily, then there will be an improvement in vision.  What is the DV?

If kids take vitamins then they will not get as many colds.  Which would be the control group?

If carrots are eaten daily, then there will be an improvement in vision.  What is the IV?

When you plan an experiment, a constant is

Stage of the scientific method where you state whether or not the data supports your hypothesis