Use the drop-down menus to match each part of the scenario to the correct scientific practice.
Kiran records the height of each plant―those with a colored filter and those without.
Kiran explores the growth of a plant in natural light, then repeats the experiment with the same plant type but different colored filters.
Kiran turns in a written lab report to her science teacher.
Kiran wonders, “Will colored light affect the growth of a plant?”
Kiran writes in her notes that adding a colored filter over a plant affects its growth because the heights of the plants under the colored filters were less than the height of the plant with no filter.
- Kiran records the height of each plant―those with a colored filter and those without.
- Data collection and measurement
- Kiran explores the growth of a plant in natural light, then repeats the experiment with the same plant type but different colored filters.
- Experimentation
- Kiran turns in a written lab report to her science teacher.
- Communication
- Kiran wonders, “Will colored light affect the growth of a plant?”
- Formulating a research question
- Kiran writes in her notes that adding a colored filter over a plant affects its growth because the heights of the plants under the colored filters were less than the height of the plant with no filter.
- Drawing conclusions and making claims
Kiran records the height of each plant―those with a colored filter and those without: Data Collection/Hypothesis Testing
Kiran explores the growth of a plant in natural light, then repeats the experiment with the same plant type but different colored filters: Experimental Design/Hypothesis Testing
Kiran turns in a written lab report to her science teacher: Communication/Reporting
Kiran wonders, “Will colored light affect the growth of a plant?”: Questioning/Asking a Scientific Question
Kiran writes in her notes that adding a colored filter over a plant affects its growth because the heights of the plants under the colored filters were less than the height of the plant with no filter: Data Analysis/Conclusion Formation