Step 1: Identify the Problem
Step 2A: Ask a Question
Scientific Method
Step 1: Make observations about the natural world
Step 6: Write/Draw Conclusions
Engineering Design Process
Independent Variable
Step 2: Generate Concepts
Scientific Method & Engineering Design Process
Iterative
Step 3: Make a Hypothesis (claim)
Controlled Variable
Step 2B: Do Research
Step 5: Analyze the Results of the Lab
Step 4: Perform an Experiment to answer the question
Dependent Variable
Step of the scientific method where we reviewed our observations of previous labs AND what we learned from them
Used to research how friction effects the speed of the mousetrap car by performing an experiment
Step of the Eng Design Process that this is: Learning about mousetrap cars by doing an axle size vs. distance lab
Step of the scientific method where we wrapped up the MTCar with the smaller axle and the larger axle to see which went farther
Step of the scientific method where the question "How does the size of the axle effect the distance of the car?" was answered based only on our observations of this experiments results only: axle size vs. distance
Step of the scientific method where we examined the data we collected in the lab to see which went farther: larger axle or smaller axle
Step of the scientific method where we learned about the concepts of applied forces, reaction forces, balanced forces, and unbalanced forces
The variable that we measure in an experiment
Used to come up with my own idea of a mousetrap car design that will travel 1 tile as fast as possible
The variable that we make the same in an experiment or our results are effected/thrown off
Step of the Eng Design Process that this is: Design and build a mousetrap car that travels 1 tile in the fastest time
Step of the scientific method where we identified a question to answer: How does the size of the axle effect the distance of the car?
The variable we make different in an experiment
Step of the scientific method where the question "How does the size of the axle effect the distance of the car?" was answered based only on our observations prior to performing the experiment
The stepwise process that is iterative
A process that repeats a series of steps over and over
