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September 25th

Science in Springfield: Homer at the Bowling Alley

Read Homers investigation below and determine the independent variable, dependent variable, and the constant.
Homer has just been selected for Mos Bar bowling team He is undecided which of his three pairs of bowling shoes he should wear for the inter-bar bowling championship Should he wear the rubber soled shoes, the leather soled shoes or the plastic soled shoes? He tests them out at the bowling alley by running a fixed distance

of 2.5 metres and ranks the shoes to which will give him the largest
amount of slip.

Science in Springfield: Homer at the Bowling Alley

Independent Variable: shoes with different soles (rubber, leather, plastic) Dependent Variable: amount of slip

Constant: running distance of 2.5 meters

Learning Goal
Analyze experimental set ups and descriptions and evaluate them for their adherence to the scientific method.

Success Criteria
Students will be able to: Determine problem, hypothesis, variables, experimental procedure, data, and conclusion of an investigation by observing a diagram and reading a description of an investigation.

Lisa skipping Science Project

Read Lisas investigation below and determine the independent variable, dependent variable, and the constant. Draw a data table and a graph and label the columns and axes.
For her science project, Lisa decides to test how length of rope will affect the number of skips in 10 minutes. However, she only has ropes with different thicknesses. She asks Marge to time her using a stop clock with minutes, seconds and milliseconds on it for additional accuracy. She skips on a pressure mat which detects and counts every skip that she does. And to improve reliability of the investigation she asks Bart to also count the

number of skips.

Lisa skipping Science Project Independent: ropes of different thickness Dependent: number of skips in 10 min Constant: stop clock, pressure mat, Lisa Data table:
Ropes of different Number of skips thickness in 10 min

Graph:

Science in Springfield 3: Bart at the Skateboard Park Read Barts investigation below and determine the independent variable, dependent variable, and the constant. Draw a data table and a graph and label the columns and axes.
On the way home from school Bart and Millhouse stop off
at the skate park. The two of them decide to have a downhill race on their skate boards over a distance of 10

metres. For an additional challenge, Bart thinks it would

be a good idea for both of them to put different numbers of school books on their heads. They get Lisa to time them and calculate their speed.

Bart at the Skate Park Independent: number of books

Dependent: speed Constant: distance of 10 meters Data table:

Graph:
Speed

Number of books

Make two quantitative observations, two qualitative observations, and two inferences about each picture.

Science in Springfield: Marge in the Kitchen

Read Marges investigation below and determine the independent variable, dependent variable, and the constant.
Marge is making waffles with maple syrup for the familys
breakfast but has forgotten how many eggs she normally adds to make 10 waffles for the whole family. Everyone likes the

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same amount of syrup in their waffles.

The night before, she makes some trial batches testing with 2 eggs, 4 eggs and 6 eggs. Then gets Homer to rate them according to taste before he says which is the best, second best and which is the worst.