1. Does mass affect height of bounce?
Bell Work!
Quietly study your notes. What is an independent variable? What is a dependent variable? How can you avoid experimental error? What is the control group?
Does mass affect height of bounce?

2. Explain what this picture means to your neighbor.

3. I am confident that I can…
Identify different lab tools.
Know what lab tools measure. (Ex: mass)
Know the SI units for length and mass.
Know how to read measurements from a triple-beam balance, graduated cylinder, and ruler.
List the steps of the scientific method.
Make a bar graph.
Write an If-Then hypothesis.
Identify the control in an experiment.
Identify the independent and dependent variables in an experiment.
Tell if bias is present in an investigation.

4. What is the name of the following lab tools?
Graduated Cylinder
Triple-Beam Balance

5. What do the following measure?
Triple-Beam Balance
Mass
Graduated Cylinder
Volume

6. Which of the following is in order?
Ask a question, test the hypothesis, form a hypothesis
Test the hypothesis, analyze the results, draw a conclusion
Ask a question, communicate the results, form a hypothesis
Draw a conclusion, communicate the results, analyze the results

7. Mr. Jones wanted to see if different colored light bulbs would affect plant growth. His ivy usually sits on his kitchen cabinet under a clear (white) light. He placed another ivy plant under a blue light and another one under a red light. After two weeks, he noticed that the ivy under the white light grew 10 cm, the one under the blue light grew 4.3 cm, and the one under the red light grew 6.6 cm. What is the control? What is the independent variable? What is the dependent variable?
White Light
Light Color
Height

8. Sally wanted to see if her new sun tanning lotion would cause her to tan quicker. What is the independent variable?
New Lotion

9. Which of the following is an example of a procedure?
If I run more, then I will lose weight.
Running did cause me to lose weight.
First, lace up your shoes. Next, find a good spot to run. Then, start jogging.
Will running cause me to lose weight?

10. This is fake. Cambridge denies this study. But…let’s test it out!
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This is fake. Cambridge denies this study. But…let’s test it out!

11. Does placement of letters affect word recognition?
You will need a partner today.
You will need a test subject and a scientist. The test subject will read each of the cards. The scientist will record how long it takes for the test subject to read each card.
The cards are numbered. Be sure to read them in order.
Complete your lab sheet as you go.