basic

• observation


  Unbiased statements of fact
• quantitative


  data that is expressed in numbers
• qualitative


  data that is descriptive in nature
• constants


  things that remain the same between all experimental groupings
• dependent variable


  y axis
• independent variable


  x axis
• inferences


  conclusions based off observations
• controls


  used to compare in the experiment
• materials


  what was used in lab
• problem statement


  what we are trying to investigate
• results


  graphs and data tables go here
• discussion


  experimental errors are talked about here
• methods


  how the experiment was preformed
• conclusions


  inferences from your data