scientific process
experiment
organizing data
collecting information and putting it into order
data analysis
looking at the organized data and thinking about it
hypothesis
statement about what you think will happen during the experiment
observation
something that you find using the five senses
conclusions
something that you reach at the end of the experiment,
either shows your findings or concludes that the experiment failed
variables
contant
situation that does not change throughout the experiment
control group
baseline test, used to compare findings to
experimental group
the findings that we compare to the control group
dependent variable
something that changes through the experiment,
relies on the other variables to change
independant variable
something that does not change
through the experiment