Fill in the blanks
- The scientific process is an _____________ method.
- Find a question or topic of personal interest to you to investigate.
- Perform background _____________. Frequently this is called a literature review.
- Create a reasonable _____________ related to the topic.
- Create a set of _____________ to test the hypothesis, and follow them to collect _____________.
- Perform an _____________ of your results.
- Suggest _____________ work, based on new questions raised by your results.
Definitions
- Independent variable:
- Dependent variable:
- Control variable:
Applications
Identify the independent variable(s), the dependent variable(s), and the control variable(s).
- A child adds more and more teaspoons of sugar to their cereal, testing how it tastes after each addition of sugar.
- To track their fitness, an athlete keeps track of all the calories they are eating and weighs themself every day.
- A runner tries running 100 m using different types of running shoes.
- A single person tries creating 2 different online dating profiles, and records how many messages they receive with each profile.
- A soccer player compares the accuracy of their shot when using the left foot vs. using the right foot.
- A teacher compares how loud the class is when students are seated next to their friends, versus when they are seated randomly.
- A student compares the food their parent cooks at home to the food that they can buy at school.