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| Observing | Using your senses to gather information about the world around you |
| Data | The information collected through observations |
| Predicting | When you make an inference/forecasting about an upcoming event based on prior knowledge |
| Classifying | Grouping things in an organized manner so they are easier to find |
| Making Models | Models help people understand something that they cannot see with their own eyes |
| Scientific Method | A process scientists use to question the world around them in an organized way |
| Hypothesis | Your educated prediction about the outcome of your investigation, must be testable |
| Qualitative Data | Data that deals with characteristics and is descriptive, cannot be expressed as a number |
| Quantitative Data | Data that is numerically orientated |
| Conclusions | The step where you decide whether you hypothesis was proven or denied, a written explanation of your results |
| Science | A way of learning about the natural world and the knowledge gained t hrough the process |
| Inferring | The process of making an inference, an interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge |
| Variable | A factor in an experiment that can change |
| Controlled Experiment | The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment |
| independent variable | An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated/changed at a time |
| Dependent Variable | The factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated/independent variable in an experiment |
| Purpose | The objective or problem to investigate |
| Research | Collecting reliable information about the topic you are investigating |
| Experiment | Using detailed steps to test your hypothesis |
| Analysis | The step that you take a close look at your data and create a grpah or chart to organize your data |
| Follow-up | Re-visting your original hypothesis & revising your experiment |
| Line Graph | Best use when data shows change over time |
| Bar Graph | Best use when comparing data sets |
| Circle Graph | Best Use when comparing parts of a whole |
