Building a Better Scientist

A way of learning about the natural world.

Using one or more of your senses to identify or learn about something.

To read between the lines.

A scientific investigation that involves changing one factor and observing its effects on another factor while keeping all other factors the same (or constant)

A representation of an object or an event that is used as a tool for understanding the natural world.

The variable that is changed or altered in a controlled experiment. It is the manipulated variable. There is only one independent variable in a controlled experiment. It is what "I" alter.

The variable that is being measured in response to the independent variable. It depends (or relies) on the independent variable. Normally a number

An attempt to explain a pattern that is observed repeatedly in the natural world. They are vague ideas

A rule that describes a pattern in nature. Must be something that is observed repeatedly. The law stands until someone makes an observation that does not follow the law.