Independent and dependent variables

Independent Variables

• A Independent Variable is a variable that can be changed within your experiment.

Dependent variables

• A Dependent Variable is something that does change within your experiment, but its usually your results or what changed on its on during your experiment.
• It is also MOSTLY what you are measuring in your experiment.

This is an example problem. Can you identify the Independent and Dependent Variable(s)?

If you did the example activity, you should have gotten this!
Independent Variable: What type of dirt that was used, the amount of sunlight they both receive, and the amount of water.
Dependent Variable:
How tall the plants grew after a certain amount of time