Transcript Bell Ringer  Look around the classroom, and write down 5-10 observations.

Bell Ringer
 Look around the classroom, and write down
5-10 observations.
Scientific Inquiry
VOCABULARY
Inquiry Notes
 Problem Statement= An
open ended
experiment
________
that requires an _________to
question
answer
 Research = A paper explaining the
___________of
the topic
background
statement using one of the
 Observation = _________
senses can be _________
quantitative or
five ______,
qualitative
________.
Inquiry Notes
IF
 Hypothesis = An ____…,______…statement
that
THEN
is based on what you believe will happen or how the
problem will be answered. This belief is based on
research, observations or previous knowledge.

Ex: IF I pour 10 oz of water into an 8 oz water bottle, THEN it
will over flow.
Inquiry Notes
 Variables = _______in
an experiment
Factors
that________
change
factor
 Independent Variable (IV) = The ______that
Experimenter changes
the _________
factor
 Dependent Variable (DV) = The _______that
RESULT
changes AS A _________of
the independent
measureable
variable, ___________result
Inquiry Notes
Factors
 Constants = _________that
remain the
______in
an experiment-they must remain the
same
same to have a valid experiment
 Control = part of the experiment that has no
________
treatment OR is under ______
normal conditions.
necessary
 Materials = A list of ____________items
needed
for the experiment
Inquiry Notes
 Procedure = Step by step ___________on
how
directions
to perform the experiment
 Data =
____________and
___________
Observations
measurements
that are collected during the experiment, they are
organized in a_________.
table
Inquiry Notes
 Graph = A _________representation
of the data,
visual
usually ______or_______
line
bar
 Trend = A ________between
the independent and
pattern
affects
dependent variable; how one factor _______the
other
Inquiry Notes
 Analysis/Summary = Statement of
_______happened,
summarizes the data
what
 Conclusion = Explanation of _______the
results
why
happened, includes acceptance or rejection of a
hypothesis
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