STEAM Fair Links and Vocabulary
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Vocabulary
Inquire - ask a question to find information
Hypothesis - what you expect to happen based on research
Observation - collecting information using your senses
Data - the information you collect in an investigation
Variable - what is being changed in an experiment
Independent Variable - the part of the experiment that is manipulated or changed by the scientists or person performing the experiment
Dependent Variable - the part of the experiment that is affect by the independent variable
Conclusion - explains the pattern you see in the data
Line graph - shows how data changed over time
Bar graph - shows the number of times data occur within certain intervals
Pie graph - shows parts of the data are related to the whole and to each other
Engineering Design Process:
What is the problem?
Imagine - brainstorm ideas and choose the best one
Make a plan
Create - follow the plan and test it out
Improve - repeat the steps to make improvements