Designing a Fair test for students

Learn how to design and conduct fair tests to improve models and prototypes by controlling variables and identifying failure points.

Next Generation Science Standards · 4th Grade
3-5-ETS1-3Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
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Designing a Fair test for students

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