1 / 13

Collecting Data

Collecting Data. Part of the Scientific Process of Inquiry. Organizing & Interpreting Data. Before conducting an investigation, it is important to learn how to organize the data you have collected. After you have organized the data, you need to make sense of what you have observed.

dacey
Download Presentation

Collecting Data

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Collecting Data Part of the Scientific Process of Inquiry

  2. Organizing & Interpreting Data • Before conducting an investigation, it is important to learn how to organize the data you have collected. • After you have organized the data, you need to make sense of what you have observed. • Data tables and charts are usually the way scientists organize their data.

  3. Super Snail Snacks Gary is not the smartest snail in Bikini Bottom and he believes he can improve his brain power by eating Super Snail Snacks. In order to test his hypothesis, he recruits SpongeBob and several snail friends to help him. The snails ate one snack with the same meal every day for 3 weeks. SpongeBob created a test and gave it to the snails before they started eating the snacks as well as after 3 weeks. Based on the data, did the Super Snail Snacks create smarter snails?

  4. Which paper towel was the most absorbent? Answer: Towel A which absorbed an average of 27ml of water.

  5. Mystery Data #1 They are the lengths of the 18 boa constrictors living in the zoos in the US

  6. Mystery Data #1 Answer • Shannon 116” (9’8”) • Tony 86” (7’2”) • Bambi 94” (7’10”) • Bob 54” (4’6”) • Tiger 9” (6’7”) • Saulette 108” (9’0”) • Jake 114” (9’6”) • Bella 54” (4’6”) • Floyd 72” (6’0”) • Boa 54” (4’6”) • Lady 96” (8’0”) • Sleeper 72” (6’0”) • Malcom 80” (6’8”) • Godzilla 93” (7’9”) • Alexis 72” (6’0”) • Julius 64” (5’4”) • Unamed 63” (5’3”) • Unamed 78” (6’6”)

  7. Collecting Data • Title your lab Collecting Data (on Page 20) • Write today’s date and enter into TOC pages 20 & 21. • Write: PROBLEM: How high does a ball bounce when dropped from different heights? • WriteHYPOTHESIS: If I drop a ball from different heights, then the ball will bounce (higher/lower/the same) each time because _______

  8. Directions for the activity • Create a Data Collection Chart • Drop a ball onto a table from each of the heights in the chart. Record your data • Repeat 3 times for each height and record the data. • Find the average for each height and record the data • Create a graph. • Answer the questions.

  9. Collecting Data

  10. Graph your resultsOn Page 21 YOUR Graph should include:

  11. EXAMPLE Average Height Ball Bounces when Dropped from Different Heights 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5

  12. Complete your graph & Write the questions AND Answers in your notebook On page 21 1. What is the independent variable? (changed/manipulated/tested) The independent variable is … 2. What is the dependent variable? (measured/responding) The dependent variable is … 3. What is the relationship between the height the ball was dropped and the height the ball bounced?There was a distinct relationship between the height the ball was dropped and the height the ball bounced. The …

  13. EXAMPLE Average Height Ball Bounces when Dropped from Different Heights 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5

More Related