CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS
What is a controlled experiment?
What is a controlled experiment?
A controlled experiment is an experiment that is designed where the two setups are exactly alike, except for one variable.
Important definitions:
controlled experiment
variables
independent variable
dependent variable
Watch the following video and answer these questions on a separate sheet of paper for homework. Include any other observations you think are important. Be ready to share your thoughts and answers in class.
Questions:
1. What were the main characters names? ______________ and _____________
2. What was the problem they were trying to answer?
3. What was the difference in the two experiments?
4. What was the problem with the initial experiment?
5. How did they change the experiment to be a proper controlled experiment?
6. What was the independent variable?
7. What would you have done differently (if anything)?
A controlled experiment is an experiment that is designed where the two setups are exactly alike, except for one variable.
Important definitions:
controlled experiment
variables
independent variable
dependent variable
Watch the following video and answer these questions on a separate sheet of paper for homework. Include any other observations you think are important. Be ready to share your thoughts and answers in class.
Questions:
1. What were the main characters names? ______________ and _____________
2. What was the problem they were trying to answer?
3. What was the difference in the two experiments?
4. What was the problem with the initial experiment?
5. How did they change the experiment to be a proper controlled experiment?
6. What was the independent variable?
7. What would you have done differently (if anything)?