{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/sci-scientific-method",
 "id": "sci-scientific-method",
 "title": "The Scientific Method",
 "category": "science",
 "subject": "Science Skills",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "Steps and vocabulary of scientific investigations.",
 "tags": [
  "scientific method",
  "experiments"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Term",
 "backLabel": "Meaning",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Scientific method",
   "A set of steps scientists use to answer questions"
  ],
  [
   "Observation",
   "Using your senses or tools to notice something"
  ],
  [
   "Question",
   "What you want to find out"
  ],
  [
   "Research",
   "Learning what is already known about a topic"
  ],
  [
   "Hypothesis",
   "A testable prediction or possible answer to a question"
  ],
  [
   "Prediction",
   "A statement of what you expect to happen"
  ],
  [
   "Experiment",
   "A fair test to check a hypothesis"
  ],
  [
   "Variable",
   "Something that can change in an experiment"
  ],
  [
   "Independent variable",
   "The thing you change on purpose"
  ],
  [
   "Dependent variable",
   "The thing you measure as the result"
  ],
  [
   "Controlled variable (constant)",
   "A factor kept the same in every trial"
  ],
  [
   "Control group",
   "The group that doesn't get the change, used for comparison"
  ],
  [
   "Experimental group",
   "The group that gets the change being tested"
  ],
  [
   "Data",
   "Information collected during an experiment"
  ],
  [
   "Quantitative data",
   "Data in numbers"
  ],
  [
   "Qualitative data",
   "Data in descriptions, such as color or smell"
  ],
  [
   "Analysis",
   "Looking carefully at data to find patterns"
  ],
  [
   "Conclusion",
   "What the results show about the hypothesis"
  ],
  [
   "Trial",
   "One run of an experiment"
  ],
  [
   "Repeated trials",
   "Doing the test again to make results more reliable"
  ],
  [
   "Sample size",
   "The number of items or subjects tested"
  ],
  [
   "Bias",
   "An unfair influence on results"
  ],
  [
   "Fair test",
   "A test in which only one variable changes"
  ],
  [
   "Reproducible",
   "Others can repeat the experiment and get the same results"
  ],
  [
   "Peer review",
   "Other experts checking a scientist's work before it is published"
  ],
  [
   "Theory",
   "A well-tested explanation supported by lots of evidence"
  ],
  [
   "Scientific law",
   "A statement that describes a pattern in nature, often as an equation"
  ],
  [
   "Difference between theory and guess",
   "A theory is backed by much evidence; a guess is not"
  ],
  [
   "Model",
   "A representation used to explain or predict something"
  ],
  [
   "Inference",
   "A conclusion based on evidence and reasoning"
  ],
  [
   "Evidence",
   "Facts that support an idea"
  ],
  [
   "Anomaly",
   "A result that doesn't fit the pattern"
  ],
  [
   "Error",
   "A difference between a measured value and the true value"
  ],
  [
   "Accuracy",
   "How close a measurement is to the true value"
  ],
  [
   "Precision",
   "How close repeated measurements are to each other"
  ],
  [
   "Average (mean)",
   "The sum of values divided by how many there are"
  ],
  [
   "Median",
   "The middle value of an ordered list"
  ],
  [
   "Mode",
   "The value that appears most often"
  ],
  [
   "Range",
   "The difference between the largest and smallest values"
  ],
  [
   "Line graph",
   "Best for showing change over time"
  ],
  [
   "Bar graph",
   "Best for comparing categories"
  ],
  [
   "Pie chart",
   "Shows parts of a whole"
  ],
  [
   "Scatter plot",
   "Shows how two variables relate"
  ],
  [
   "Title of a graph",
   "Tells what the graph is about"
  ],
  [
   "Axis labels",
   "Say what is measured and the units"
  ],
  [
   "Lab report",
   "A written account of an experiment"
  ],
  [
   "Materials list",
   "Tells what you need for an experiment"
  ],
  [
   "Procedure",
   "The steps followed in an experiment"
  ],
  [
   "Safety first",
   "Follow safety rules in every experiment"
  ],
  [
   "Metric system",
   "The measurement system scientists use worldwide"
  ],
  [
   "Science fair",
   "A contest where students show their experiments"
  ],
  [
   "Why change only one variable?",
   "So you know what caused the result"
  ],
  [
   "Hypothesis format",
   "If I do this, then that will happen, because..."
  ],
  [
   "Correlation",
   "Two things changing together"
  ],
  [
   "Causation",
   "One thing causing another"
  ],
  [
   "Does correlation prove causation?",
   "No"
  ],
  [
   "Placebo",
   "A harmless pill with no medicine, used for comparison in tests"
  ],
  [
   "Double-blind test",
   "Neither the subjects nor the testers know who gets the real treatment"
  ],
  [
   "Pseudoscience",
   "Ideas that look like science but aren't tested properly"
  ],
  [
   "Skepticism",
   "Asking for evidence before believing a claim"
  ],
  [
   "Falsifiable",
   "Able to be proven wrong by evidence"
  ]
 ]
}