Identifying Variables
Free Games & Activities
for Kids
Science is all about asking questions. One way to find answers is to experiment. To experiment, you need control of your experiment so you can observe reactions and hopefully find an accurate answer. There are three major types of scientific variables used in a scientific experiment.
- Independent variables are variables that are manipulated during an experiment.
- Dependent variables are the variables that are affected during the experiment.
- Control variables allow scientists to know that the experiment is only testing what they want to test.
Scientific Variables & Science Based Games
What are scientific variables? - animated video
Identify independent and dependent variables, interactive
Game: Identifying kinds of variables
Identifying Variables and Designing Investigations in Science (powerpoint)
Cooking with Bill Nye - Dependent and Independent Variables, animated, interactive