The Scientific Method Review

Analyze the graph, what claim would you make about the graph?

An educated guess

Explaining or interpreting what you observed

Making a statement or a claim about what will happen in the FUTURE

The table is smooth

The factor being tested in the experiment

Michael is wearing a sweatshirt BECAUSE IT'S COLD

The PLANTS GROW DIFFERNTLY placedin the window and the closet

Since the basketball team did so well at practice this week, they are likely to win the game NEXT WEEK.

Grouping together items that are alike

Do sunflowers grow taller in direct sunlight or partial sunlight? What is the INDEPENDENT variable?

Designing and performing a TEST to find out what will happen

Recording what happens and organizing the information into graphs and charts

Bob is wearing glasses

"I" watered only one plant but not the other is an example of a ___________ variable

I have 25 desks in the classroom

The graph on the hot chocolate video is an example of

All things that are the SAME in an experiment

I want to determine which cup keeps my hot chocolate hot the longest.

What YOU THINK will happen in the experiment and WHY