Scientific Method 2 Jeopardy Template

Variables	Basic Steps	Conclusion	Observations	Inferences
100 What the researcher is changing in the experiment. Independent Variable	100 What you are trying to solve, figure out, or observe. Problem	100 The purpose of this lab was to...(restate exactly the purpose, using past tense). Restate the purpose - sentence prompt	100 1. 5 senses 2. Tools 3. Facts not opinions Observations are made by using; 1. 2. 3.	100 Drawing a conclusion based on data and observation. Inference
200 What is changing because of the experiment. Dependent Variable	200 A testable explanation to your problem. Written as a "if" and "then" statement. Hypothesis	200 To test this we...(briefly summarize what you did to test your hypothesis in one or two sentences) Explain the procedure - sentence prompt	200 Describes the quality of something; 1. Color 2. Taste 3. Sound Qualitative Observation	200 There may be a fire What inference can I make if: 1. I hear people screaming from inside a building 2. I see people waving from the windows 3. I smell smoke
300 The group in the experiment that does not receive the independent variable. Control	300 What you need to be able to run your experiment. Materials	300 The results of this experiment were...(briefly summarize the results section in one sentence and include if your hypothesis was supported or not. Results - sentence prompt	300 Can be expressed in numbers. Can be counted or measured Quantitative Observation	300 Answers vary Look around the room, give us 1 Observation, and 1 Inference based off that observation
400 What stays the same for comparing both groups of the experiment. Constant	400 The steps you follow to carry out testing your Hypothesis. Experiment	400 Depending on how your lab went... 1. One unexpected result was that... 2. Our data might be erroneous because... 3. There were no unexpected results and the lab was performed with minimal errors. Unexplained - sentence prompt	400 Measure Quantitative Observations Tools are used to...	400 Answers vary Look around the room, give us 1 Observation, and 1 Inference based off that observation
500 The group in the experiment that is receiving the independent variable. Experimental Group	500 Data or information collected during your experiment. Observations	500 One new thing I learned was...(include some new piece of information or some critical part of the experiment that was something new to you or had you see things in a different way. New things I learned - sentence prompt	500 Observation I saw that boy sneeze on you. Observation or Inference?	500 Inference I saw that old man painfully get out of his car. Observation or Inference?

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