Warehouse Mouse & Hypotheses
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Warehouse Mouse: 1 CLIP____________________
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 What is the problem?
 What is the problem?
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What solutions did he come up with?
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What solutions did he come up with?
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Rewrite one solution into hypothesis.
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Rewrite one solution into a hypothesis.
Hypothesis Worksheet-From Bad to Best!
The hypotheses below are not very good. Rewrite the hypotheses so that they follow the rules of a "good" hypothesis.
A good hypothesis:
-is a statement that explains an observation or an educated guess about how things work.
-is sometimes written as an "If, then" statement
-is testable. In other words, you need to be able to measure both "what you do" and "what will happen."
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Question: What effect does high temperature have on radish seed germination? (germination is when a seed begins to
sprout)
Bad Hypothesis: A temperature change will cause the radish seed germination to increase.
Rewritten hypothesis: _________________________________________________________________________
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Question: What effect does studying with music have on student test scores?
Bad Hypothesis: Music effects test scores.
Rewritten hypothesis: _________________________________________________________________________
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3.
Question: What effect does food color have on the amount of food fish eat?
Bad Hypothesis: If fish food is a color then it will be eaten by the fish.
Rewritten hypothesis: _________________________________________________________________________
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Question: What effect does light have on plant growth?
Bad Hypothesis: Plant growth is affected by light.
Rewritten hypothesis: _________________________________________________________________________
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5.
Question: Does intake of calcium affect bone strength?
Bad Hypothesis: Taking calcium is good for bones.
Rewritten hypothesis: _________________________________________________________________________
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Question: Does giving chocolate to teachers decrease the amount of homework?
Bad Hypothesis: Chocolate keeps homework away.
Rewritten hypothesis: _________________________________________________________________________
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