1. Vocabulary Variables: Manipulated, Responding, Controlled LT: I can define important vocabulary

2. Manipulated Variable  Definition: The variable you change on purpose in your experiment.  Forms: Manipulate Manipulated Manipulating Manipulation

3. Manipulated Variable  Sentence: In the milkweed bug experiment, we manipulated the size of the habitat. What is being manipulated in this experiment?

4. Turn & Talk: What might have been the manipulated variable in this experiment? Manipulate = change!

5. Responding Variable  Definition: The variable in the experiment that responds, or reacts to the change.  Forms: Respond Responded Responding

6.  Sentence: In the milkweed bug experiment, the responding variable was the size of the milkweed bug population. Responding Variable What is responding in this experiment? What is the responding variable in this experiment?

7. Manipulated variable = Change the type of food a student eats Then… If I eat fruits & vegetables every day… If I eat fries & burgers every day…Then… What might be the responding variable?

8. Controlled Variable  Definition: The variable in the experiment that is kept the same and does not change.  Forms: Control Controlled Controlling Controller (you are in control of the game) Control Room

9. Controlled Variable  Sentence: In the milkweed bug experiment, a controlled variable was the amount of water. What do you think is being controlled here? Control = kept the same!

10. Talk about this experiment The manipulated variable is ______because_______ The responding variable is _______because________ The controlled variable is ________because________