objects or ideas that represent other things; they help us to understand objects or ideas that are too small or too big to see with our eyes

a procedure carried out to carefully observe the natural world that may include making systematic observations, asking questions, gathering information, analyzing data, summarizing results, drawing conclusions, and/or communicating results; to study or test something in order to learn more about it,

a procedure of steps carried out under controlled conditions to test a hypothesis/answer a question

when a scientist (student) conducts the same experiment as another scientist in order to verify their results, when the same results are collected, regardless of who is conducting the experiment

conducting the exact same experiment over and over and over again

multiple sets of measurements or observations in a scientific investigation

the measure of how close the result is to the actual value when taking measurements or recording observations

information/measurements that are collected from an observation, experiment or investigation; scientists analyze and record this information in order to draw conclusions

the portion of an experiment that you do NOTHING to; it serves as a comparison to the experimental group; it is what you will use to compare to the other lab outcomes

any factor in an experiment that can be changed in order to study or test a hypothesis in a scientific experiment.

a factor that is not changed in an experiment; all the parts that stay the same to keep the experiment fair and consistent

a belief or judgement; what someone thinks/feels about a particular thing

using your 5 senses and/or scientific instruments to collect information about the natural world

a term used to describe a question that can be answered through an experiment or observation

a term used to describe the certainty of data or results of an investigation or experiment;

to state what you think will happen under certain conditions based on data or observation

measurements or observations collected and recorded in an experiment or investigation

to examine methodically (piece by piece) by separating into parts and studying how they are interrelated

a statement that tells what an investigation showed, based upon observations and data