Now that you have come up with a hypothesis you can start planning your investigation. Use this document template.docx to outline your initial investigations. It is recommended that you start a google doc page and upload this document so you can all access it when required. Please invite your teacher to this page as well. You may find you need to tweak your hypothesis while designing the investigation.
Filling out the planning template
Under method give an initial draft design for your investigation. These will not be your final procedures just a rough draft of what you are doing. You will add to this and edit this as you go along. Include diagrams and relevant photos as you go along so you can use this in your final report.
Think about the type of data you will need to collect qualitative (page 9 and 10 Biozone) or quantitative (page 10 of Biozone).
When designing experiments you need to tihnk about;
What data do I collect?
How am I going to collect the data?
What measurements will I take?
How often do I need to take them?
What is my control group? (i.e. null hypothesis)
What is my experimental group?
How do I ensure the sample population is large enough?
How will I record my results i.e. tables, photos....? See page 11 Biozone
When you are ready you will can begin your experiments. You need to ensure you clearly label all your experiments and organise that you record results. Measurements should be recorded in a table and graph, diagrams, graphics ......
Planning and executing your experiment
Now that you have come up with a hypothesis you can start planning your investigation. Use this document template.docx to outline your initial investigations. It is recommended that you start a google doc page and upload this document so you can all access it when required. Please invite your teacher to this page as well. You may find you need to tweak your hypothesis while designing the investigation.
Filling out the planning template
Under method give an initial draft design for your investigation. These will not be your final procedures just a rough draft of what you are doing. You will add to this and edit this as you go along. Include diagrams and relevant photos as you go along so you can use this in your final report.
Think about the type of data you will need to collect qualitative (page 9 and 10 Biozone) or quantitative (page 10 of Biozone).
This type of experiment probably lends itself to quantitative data. In your description you need to include all variables: Controlled variables, independent variablesand dependent variablesSee Biozone p 9 and 10 for further explanations.
When designing experiments you need to tihnk about;
When you are ready you will can begin your experiments. You need to ensure you clearly label all your experiments and organise that you record results. Measurements should be recorded in a table and graph, diagrams, graphics ......
You may need to revise and redo experiments as you go along. Make sure you and your partner are keeping copies of records in safe and accessablee places.
Other references
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_variables.shtml
http://www.experiment-resources.com/controlled-variables.html
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