Language of Experimentation

Post date: Jun 29, 2015 3:44:28 PM

1. Open your google drive (the one associated with your massscifair account)
   1. Find your Science Fair presentation
      1. We named them... Last Name First Initial BIO Science Fair (Ex. Capodagli D. BIO Science Fair)
   2. Add three slides titled...
      1. Hypothesis
      2. Materials
      3. Procedure
   3. Fill the slides in
   4. Open your SEFOS
2. Login into http://massscifair.com OR Google - mass scifair
   1. Open the site
   2. Scroll down to the “quick links” box on the BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE
   3. click on the “SEFOS SRC login”
   4. Click on RESEARCH PLAN
   5. Fill the slides in
      1. Hypothesis
      2. Materials
      3. Procedure

EXTRA

Please re-familiarize yourself with the language...

problem: scientific question that can be answered by experimentation

hypothesis: an educated prediction about how the independent variable will affect the

dependent variable stated in a way that is testable (This should be an “If...then...”

statement.) variable: a factor in an experiment that changes or could be changed independent variable: the variable that is changed on purpose dependent variable: the variable that responds to the independent variable

control: the standard for comparison in an experiment; the independent variable is not

applied to the control group constant: a factor in an experiment that is kept the same in all trials repeated trials: the number of times an experiment is repeated