Week 3 Vocabulary Science Scientific Method Engineering Method A way of learning about the natural world Scientific Method A way to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments Engineering Method A series of steps that engineers follow to come up with a solution to a problem

Week 3 Vocabulary Scientific Inquiry Hypothesis Inferring Predicting The ongoing process of discovery in science Hypothesis A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific problem Inferring The process of making an inference; an interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge Predicting The process of forecasting what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence

Week 3 Vocabulary Control Independent Variable Dependent Variable A person, group, event, etc. that is used as a constant and unchanging standard of comparison in scientific experimentation Independent Variable The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment Dependent Variable The factor that changes as a result of changes to the independent variable