Variables: Scientific Method
Variables: Scientific Method
Scientific Method
What could you do or change to
make the car go faster?
VARIABLES
VARIABLES
The factors that change
during the experiment
THREE MAIN KINDS OF VARIABLES
The INDEPENDENT
variable
The DEPENDENT variable
The CONTROL variable
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
There can only be ONE
independent variable in any
experiment.
The variable that the
experimenter changes on
purpose.
May also be called “manipulated
In the experiment on the
next slide, identify the
independent variable –
What is the one thing the
experimenter changed
with plant 1, 2 and 3?
Yes, the experimenter
changed the amount of
water that the plant
receives each day.
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
What is measured or observed by
the experimenter to see if the
independent variable caused a
different result
How this variable respond
depends on the independent
variable
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
Sometimes called “responding
variables”
Let’s look again at the experiment
where the amount of water each
plant received was changed.
TITLE
The Effect of ______(Independent) on ____
(Dependent)
HYPOTHESIS
If ___(planned change in independent variable),
then ___ (predicted change in dependent variables)
REVIEW