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Ask questions that can be investigated within the scope of the classroom, outdoor environment, and museums and other public facilities with available resources and, when appropriate, frame a hypothesis based on observations and scientific principles.

TERMS

• Evidence - anything presented to support a claim

• Experimental Question - a question that guides a testable scientific experiment

• Hypothesis - a proposed explanation based on evidence

• Observation - a statement about something you notice

• Question - a sentence that asks for information

• Scientific principles - fundamental concepts that explain natural phenomenon

• Variable - a factor that can be changed, controlled or measured

  • Independent Variable - the manipulated variable in an experiment (cause)

  • Dependent Variable - the responding variable in an experiment (effect)

STANDARDS

MS-PS2-3 / MS-ESS3-5

Observable Features of Student Performance