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DIS Learning Set 3
Whirligig Challenge
Question | Answer |
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template | a pattern |
Project Board | a space for the class to keep track of progress while working on a project |
Messing About | an exploratory activity that gives you a chance to become familiar with the materials you will be using or the function of what you will be designing |
structure | the way the parts of an item are put together. ( this is a different definition of structure than you saw while making your book support.) |
mechanism | the way the parts of an item connect and move |
phenomenon | something that happens. (The plural of phenomenon is phenomena) |
variable | a quantity whose value may change over the course of an experiment. |
interpret | to find the meaning of something |
trend | a pattern or tendency |
claim | a statement of what you understand or a conclusion that you have reached from an investigation or set of investigations |
Investigation Expo | a presentation of the procedure, results, and interpretation of results of an investigation |
fair test | things that are being compared are being tested under the same conditions, and the test matches the question being asked |
independent variable ( manipulated) | In an experiment, the variable that the scientist intentionally changes |
dependent variables (responding) | In an experiment, the variables whose values are measured. Scientists measure how these variables respond to changes they make in a manipulated variable. |
control variable | In an experiment, the variables that are kept constant. (not changed) |
air resistance | the opposing push that resists the movement of an object through air |
force | a push or pull on an object |
evidence | data collected during investigations and trends in that data. |
science knowledge | knowledge about how things work gathered from reading or research, or discussion that helps you understand why the claim is true |
valid | has a solid justification |
recommendation | a claim that suggest what to do in certain situations |