1. Scientific Method Science 4.1
Vocabulary Cards
Mrs. Sage
4th Grade-Sheffey Elementary

2. Hypothesis
If…………………..then

3. A prediction about what will happen in the experiment

4. Procedure

5. The rules and steps of the experiment

6. Materials

7. The items you will need to conduct the experiment

8. Experiment

9. Where you complete the procedure and actually do the steps.

10. Variables
Once I use hot water.
Once I use cold water.

11. Things that are changed during the experiment

12. Manipulated Variable

13. things that are changed by the person (man) doing the experiment
things that are changed by the person (man) doing the experiment. They were changed on purpose.

14. Responding Variable

15. The effect of the manipulated variable.
What happens when the manipulated variable was changed.
The effect of the manipulated variable.

16. Constant

17. Things that stay the same during the experiment. They never change.

18. Observations

19. What you can see happening during the experiment.

20. Results

21. What happened during your experiment. You record this.

22. Qualitative Data
The water got hotter. The plant grew. The bottle expanded. The car went faster. The sugar dissolved.

23. Data or results that do not include number.

24. Quantitative Data
The water temperature was 101 degrees F. The plant is 65 inches tall. The bottle grew 7 cm. The car was going 10 miles per hour. It took 45 seconds for the sugar to dissolve.

25. Data or results that do include numbers.

26. Conclusion

27. Was you hypothesis right or wrong
Was you hypothesis right or wrong? You explain how you were right or wrong.