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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET # 1.5
LESSON V: VARIABLES

ACTIVITY 1: KWL
Learning Competency: Determine the appropriate steps in planning and designing a research study.

Directions: Fill up the What I Know and What I want to know first before proceeding with the lesson regarding
variables
Topic: Variables
WHAT I KNOW WHAT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I LEARNED
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ACTIVITY 2: Comparing Variables

Learning Competency: Determine the appropriate steps in planning and designing a research study.

Directions: Fill up the venn diagram to compare and contrast the different types of variable. Write 2 differences and
1 similarity.

INDEPENDENT
VARIABLE

DEPENDENT CONTROLLED
VARIABLE VARIABLE

ACTIVITY 3: Identifying Variables

Learning Competency: Determine the appropriate steps in planning and designing a research study.
Direction: Identify the Independent Variable, Dependent Variable and Controlled Variable in the study.
1. Strawberry plant clones are given different amounts of water for a 3-week period. First strawberry plant
receives 400 millilitres (ml) a day. The second strawberry plant receives 200ml a day. The third strawberry
plant receives 100ml a day. The fourth strawberry plant does not receive any extra water; this plant only
receives natural ways of receiving water. The height of the strawberry plants is recorded daily.
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2. Pea plant clones are given different amounts of water for a three-week period. First pea plant receives 400
milliliters. Second pea plant receives 200 milliliters. Third pea plant receives 100 milliliters. Fourth pea plant
does not receive any extra water; the plant only receives natural ways of receiving water. The height of the
pea plants is recorded daily.
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3. Three redwood trees are kept at different humidity levels inside a greenhouse for 12 weeks. One tree is left
outside in normal conditions. Height of the tree is measured once a week.
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4. Katiana wanted to figure out what type of liquid worked best for growing beans. She watered one with
coca-cola, one with lemonade, and one with just water. After one week, she measured how high they had
grown.
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5. Fredrick wanted to find out what soil works best for growing roses. He grew them in potting soil, clay, sand,
and soil he found outside his yard. After one week, he measured their height and how many leaves they
had.
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6. Taylor wanted to see if eating apples would help her do better on her classwork. The first day, she didn’t eat
any apples. On day 2, she ate one apple; on day 3, she ate 2 apples; and on day 4, she ate 3 apples. Each
day, she recorded the grades she got on her science work.
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7. CJ wanted to see if listening to music would make the basketball players make more baskets. On day one, he
didn’t play any music and counted how many baskets they could make in 10 minutes. On day 2, he played
rap music and counted the baskets, and on day 3, he played classical music and counted the baskets.
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8. Darius wanted to test how the mass of a paper airplane affected the distance it would fly. Paper clips were
added before each test flight. As each paper clip was added, the plane was tested to determine how far it
would fly.
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9. Leo placed two circles of paper in a Petri dish (something used for growing bacteria). One circle of paper was
soaked in penicillin. The other had nothing on it. He poured a liquid filled with bacteria into the Petri dish.
Both circles of paper were placed in the Petri dish about 3cm apart. At the end of the experiment, a circle
with a radius of 2cm formed around the circle of paper soaked in penicillin. There were no bacteria growing
in the 2cm circle. No change had occurred around the other circle of paper. The bacteria were growing well.
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 10. An experiment was performed to determine how the amount of coffee grounds could affect the taste of
coffee. The same kind of coffee, the same percolator, the same amount and type of water, the same perking
time, and the same electrical sources were used.
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REFLECTION

I learned that

I realized that

Concept Notes
A. Variable
 A variable is any quantity that you are able to measure in some way. This could be temperature,
height, age, etc. Basically, a variable is anything that contributes to the outcome or result of
your experiment in any way.
 In an experiment there are multiple kinds of variables: independent, dependent and controlled
variables.
B. Types of Variables
1. Independent variable is the variable the experimenter manipulates. Basically, it is the
component you choose to change in an experiment. This variable is not dependent on any
other variables.
2. Dependent variable is the condition that you measure in an experiment. You are assessing
how it responds to a change in the independent variable, so you can think of it as depending
on the independent variable. Sometimes the dependent variable is called the "responding
variable."
3. Controlled variable is one which the scientist holds constant (controls) during an experiment.
Thus we also know the controlled variable as a constant variable or sometimes as a “control”
only.
 For example
You are studying the impact of a new medication on the blood pressure of
male patients with hypertension (chronic high blood pressure). To test whether the
medication is effective, you divide your patients into two groups. One group takes the
medication, while the other group takes a sugar pill placebo.

Your independent variable is the treatment that you vary between groups: which type
of pill the patient receives.

Your dependent variable is the outcome that you measure: the blood pressure of the
patients

Your controlled variable is male patients with hypertension