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Gr5 Science-Engineer
Strand 1 MCA vocab for Science and Engineering
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Data collected during investigation | Evidence |
| Plan and procedure to use when trying to collect data. | Investigation |
| Set up steps used to test a variable. | Experiment |
| Something that changes in the investigation | Variables |
| small scale or miniature of the actual item: used to study any of these areas of science water cycle, simple machines, solar system, life cycle or food web | Models |
| Answered during the testing of a product or system. (How can, how does, what if) | Experimental Question |
| A question that some one asks and procedures need to be set to research the solution. "Why" questions. | Research Question |
| A question that a scientific experiment can be used to answer. | Testable Question |
| Tool used to organize data. | Table |
| Stacks data to compare against each other, can have a single stack or double stacks. | Bar Graph |
| Plots data over time. | Line Graph |
| Tool used by scientist to record evidence. | Notebook/journal |
| Tells what things on a map represent or stand for. | Map key or legend |
| Think of a problem and try to find a way to solve it...help improve society. | Engineer |
| Variables that do not change, scientist keeps them the same | Controlled Variable |
| factor that you vary or change in the experiment (choose only one to test) | Independent Variable |
| thing you choose to test/measure in an experiment, value changes because it is depending on something else. | Dependent Variable |