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Scientific Method
braswell, Cousins,
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| observation | information gathered using your 5 scenes |
| inference | a combination of observation and prior knowledge to draw a conclusion |
| hypothesis | your best inference that CAN BE TESTED |
| experiment | the way you test your hypothesis |
| variable | the thing(s) in the experiment that change |
| data | the information you gather during research and experiments |
| analysis | looking for patterns in your data |
| Conclusion | what you come up with, shareable |
| control(s) | all the things in your experiment that stay the same |
| qualitative observation | shows a quality of a thing (such as color, texture) |
| quantitative observation | has a number or measurement in it |
| research | looking to see how else people have tried to solve this problem, can be as simple as going to youtube. |
| resource | something that can be used by people |
| renewable resource | a resource that cannot be used up or it can be replaced within a human lifetime |
| nonrenewable resource | a resource that has a limited amount, it can be used up, you cannot make more |