1. Scientific Investigation

2. Terms Problem – The question Materials – A list of everything you need Hypothesis – Your guess at the answer to the problem Procedure – Step – step directions Data – The chart where observations are recorded Results – Graph of the information from your data Conclusion – The answer to the problem Observing – Using one or more of your senses Senses – Sight Hearing Smell Taste Touch

3. Scientific Method People In Hawaii Eat Dead Raw Chicken. P – Problem I – Information – Research - Materials H – Hypothesis (Educated guess) (If...then) E – Experiment – Procedures (Step by step) D – Data (observations) R – Results C – Conclusion

4. VARIABLES Variable – Factors that can change in an experiment Manipulated Variable – The variable that you purposely change and test. Responding Variable – Factor that may change as a result of the manipulated variable. Controlling Variable – Keeping all conditions the same except for the manipulated variable.

5. Terms continued Qualitative – Descriptions that do not use numbers. Quantitative – Descriptions using numbers. Counting objects or measure them with standard units. Inferring – Explaining or interpreting an observation or statement. Predicting – Making an inference about a future event based on current evidence or past experience. Classifying – Organizing objects and events into groups according to a system, or organizing idea. Models – Pictures, diagrams, or other representations of objects or processes. Measuring – Comparing an object or process to a standard.

6. Ways To Display Data Data Table – is an organized arrangement of information in labeled rows and columns. Bar Graphs – is a diagram in which data about separate but related items are represented by rectangular shapes called bars. Line Graphs – is used to display data that show how one variable (the responding variable) changes in response to another variable (the manipulated variable). Circle Graph – shows data as parts of a whole.

7. Different Types of Graphs Circle (Pie), Bar and Line Graphs