1. Lab
Vocabulary

2. Title
should be a
description of what
your lab is about

3. Problem
ask a question about
something you observe—
how, what, when, who, which,
why or where?

4. Research
using a book, the Internet, your
teacher, or class notes, locate
background information that will help
you to answer the problem to this lab—
list the sources used

5. Hypothesis
an educated guess
“If I ___ then ___ will happen because ____”

6. Materials
list all materials and equipment that
will be used

7. Controls
list all the variables that will be kept
the same

8. Independent
Variables
what you (as the scientist) can change

9. Dependent
Variables
what will be measured in the
experiment

10. Procedure
step by step directions on how to do
the lab including all the variables

11. Data
information that will be collected
during the experiment (can be a
graph, list of observations, table or
drawings)

12. Conclusion
written as a paragraph a summary of your findings; using:
Claim: hypothesis was or was not supported and what
happened in your experiment
Evidence: specific data from experiment that supports what
happened in your experiment
Interpretation: example of how this topic relates to
something in your life OR identify a new problem you could
investigate

13. Watch and
Learn
Use your headphones and watch the video using the link
below. As you watch fill out the questions on the back side of
your vocabulary sheet. Be sure to take the quiz at the end of
the video.
Scientific Method Video