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Scientific Method
6th grade
Term | Definition |
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1.purpose | ask a question |
2.research | find out what is known about the question |
3.hypothesis | predict an outcome to the question |
4.experiment | decide how to test the question; record the data |
5.analysis | look at data |
6.conclusion | a statement that accepts or rejects the hypothesis |
7.share | be ready to communicate the results to others |
independent variable | the thing you are in control of when you set up an experiment. The item you change or manipulate |
dependent variable | the thing you are measuring or observing during the experiment. It responds to the way you set up the experiment; responding |
constants | things or conditions that must stay the same during the testing to make it fair. |