1. Hypothesis!

2. Examples
If I give my plants fertilizer then they will grow as big as my neighbors’ plants.
If I get lucky, then my plants will grow bigger.
My plants aren’t growing bigger because I don’t water them enough.
Jump in place
Jumping Jacks
Push ups

3. Be sure yours does not have personal pronouns
Try…
Will empty trucks use the same amount of gas as heavily loaded trucks?

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Sucrose
Carmel coloring
Natural flavors

5. Silly Simpson’s Science Scenarios
GAME Time

6. Identify the following for each scenario
Take out a clean sheet of paper!
Identify the following for each scenario
Control group
Independent variable
Dependent variable
CHALLENGE: Can you write the hypothesis???
If IV then DV because