Scientific Method

What is a trial or test performed in order to discover something?

The factors in an experiment that do not change.

A factor that you change in an experiment.Ex: Soap on the Drops on a Penny Lab

What is the dependent variable?

A sequence of steps in an experiment.

Recorded facts, observations or measurements collected during an experiment.

What is an explanation based on many observations and experiments?

What is the control?

An observation that uses qualities and no numbers.Ex: The chemical changed from blue to green

What you measure because of what was changed.Ex: The drops of water in the Drops on a Penny Lab

What is a prediction that can be tested?

Independent variable is not changed; The group you compare your test group with.

Notice what occurs during an experiment.

What is a problem relating to the topic that can be answered with an experiment?

Something in an experiment that can change.

What is the independent variable?

An observation that has numbers.ex: The distance the athlete jumped was 4.5 meters.