2. Part 1: Designing the Experiment My Question:
______________________________________
_______________________________________
Part A: Things I could change or vary:
Part B: Things I could measure or observe: 2

3. Identifying Variables
I will
change:
I will
measure or observe:
Place one sticky note from
Part A here
Place one sticky note from
Part B here
I will not change these things:
(These things will control my experiment):
Place remaining sticky notes from Part A here
I will not measure or observe:
Place remaining sticky notes from Part B here 3

4. Asking a Testable Question
(Refining my beginning question)
When I change _________________________________: What happens to ________________________________?
What I will change
What I will measure or observe
Write the question that will guide your experiment:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Predictions
(List 3 possible outcomes: Increase, Decrease, or No Affect.)
Based upon my question, I predict: 1. 2. 3.
Choose a prediction and generate a hypothesis statement:
Hypothesis:
If_______________________________________
then_____________________________________
because___________________________________. 4

5. Set-Up Conditions/Controls
The Procedure
(Others should be able to follow the way you set up your controlled test.)
Procedures
(List exactly what you did in each step of your experiment. )
Materials List
(Detailed to include quantities.)
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Set-Up Conditions/Controls
(What conditions should be kept the same?) 5

6. What I will change or vary (independent variable):
What I will do to carry out the change:
Number of trials I will conduct or amount of samples: ______
The data I will collect by measuring or observing
(dependent variable):
What I will measure or observe
How I will collect the data:
How I will record the data (for example: table, chart, picture): 6

7. Part 2: Conduct the Experiment
Data Collection:
When I changed _____, what measurements or observations resulted?
What I will change (independent variable)
What I will measure or observe
(dependent variable)
Record your Data:
This chart is intended as an example to help get you started.
You may design your own chart to fit your experiment.
Results
(Use metric measurements.)
Item(s) Tested
Trials 1
  2  3  4  5
 Avg. 7

8. Y axis X axis Graphing your Results
Which type of graph is best- line graph or bar graph? ______________
Graphs should reflect the mean average of trials.
What I measured or observed
(dependent variable) Y
axis
What I changed (independent variable)
What I will change (manipulated variable) X
axis
(Note: Both axes will need to be labeled and the appropriate scale marked) 8

9. Title of Graph: __________________________
Y-axis: ______________________________________
X-axis: ______________________________________
When I changed _________________, what happened to ________________________?
What I changed (independent variable)
What I measured or observed
(dependent variable) 9

10. Explain your Results
Looking at your graph, describe your results (patterns or relationships
shown by your data) using mathematical language (ie. increase, decrease,
constant, average, etc.)
Compare your initial predictions and the actual results from your experiment.
Explain real world uses relating to the results of your experiment.
What are some questions that you have for further investigation? 10

11. Appendix A
Attach any photos, diagrams, or drawings. 11

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