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The Variables Song Lyrics by Doug Edmonds (to the tune of "I'll Be There" by Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Willie Hutch, and Bob West)

In a science experiment, there are things called variables, Each has a func-tion. Learn them well.

The indepen-dent variable, is that thing you test or change, In every experiment, there's only ONE !

Now -- the -- de-pen-dent variable, Is the thing that you measure in response to what you change. It doesn't have to be just one thing, It all depends on what the outcome is in response to what you change.

And in your da-ta table, The first column's where you put, The indepen-dent variable.

The other col-umns are reserved, for the de-pendent variable. YOU CAN HAVE many tri-als.. TO TEST what you've changed.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE THINGS you keep the same? <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">They are called something dif-ferent; they are CONSTANTS, that's the name. <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">They're controlled so you're certain <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">That the outcomes that you measure, ARE IN response to what you change.

<span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The indepen-dent variable, is the thing you test or change, <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">In every experiment, there's only ONE !

<span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The depen-dent variable, <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Is the response to that thing you changed, <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Now you know the dif-ference, <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Now keep it here. (pointing to head)

<span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">And don't for-get those con-stants, <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">All the things you keep the same <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">All these the variables, <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">That you learned.

<span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">In a science experiment, there are things called variables, <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Each has a func-tion. Learn them well.