Scientific Method
Step 2: Generate Concepts
Step 2B: Do Research
Step 5: Analyze the Results of the Lab
Iterative
Step 3: Make a Hypothesis (claim)
Step 1: Make observations about the natural world
Scientific Method & Engineering Design Process
Step 2A: Ask a Question
Step 4: Perform an Experiment to answer the question
Engineering Design Process
Step 6: Write/Draw Conclusions
Step 1: Identify the Problem
Step of the scientific method where we learned about the concepts of applied forces, reaction forces, balanced forces, and unbalanced forces
Step of the scientific method where we identified a question to answer: How does the size of the axle effect the distance of the car?
Used to come up with my own idea of a mousetrap car design that will travel 1 tile as fast as possible
A process that repeats a series of steps over and over
Step of the scientific method where we examined the data we collected in the lab to see which went farther: larger axle or smaller axle
The stepwise process that is iterative
Step of the scientific method where we wrapped up the MTCar with the smaller axle and the larger axle to see which went farther
Step of the scientific method where the question "How does the size of the axle effect the distance of the car?" was answered based only on our observations of this experiments results only: axle size vs. distance
Step of the scientific method where the question "How does the size of the axle effect the distance of the car?" was answered based only on our observations prior to performing the experiment
Step of the Eng Design Process that this is: Design and build a mousetrap car that travels 1 tile in the fastest time
Used to research how friction effects the speed of the mousetrap car by performing an experiment
Step of the Eng Design Process that this is: Learning about mousetrap cars by doing an axle size vs. distance lab
Step of the scientific method where we reviewed our observations of previous labs AND what we learned from them
