INVESTIGATION GUIDE

Brainstorm Ideas using chart 1Write your ideas onto the ‘Post Its’

and place on squares

Using chart 2, select one variable to investigate and identify the variable you wish to control

Use chart 3 to ask your question

Complete chart 4 for your predictions

Plan your investigation using chart 5

Record results onto chart 6, graph on chart 7 if appropriate

Complete chart 8

Share findings

REPORTINGNOTES

BrainstormThings I could change:

Things I could measure:

Chart 1

Finding Patterns in Results

When I changed

Chart 8

the

because

Questions I have for further investigations.....

Choosing Variables

I will change:

I will measure:

Things I will keep the same:

Chart 2

Graphing

What I changed

Chart 7

What I measured

(Data you found out during the experiment.)

(The thing you decided before you started.)

Graphs are not always the best way to display results. You will have to decide what is appropriate for what

data you have collected.

Asking a Question

When I change:

What will happen to:

Chart 3

?

Table of ResultWhat I changed What I measured

Chart 6

Remember to carry out each experiment at least 5 times.

PredictionsWhat might happen when we

Chart 4

increase, shorten,change, etc.

the ? We think

(the thing we are changing.)

because

(offer an explanation for the predicted change.) You have created a trial idea to be tested, and this is

called an HYPOTHESIS.

willthe

(the thing we are measuring.)

The Plan The Method

List the equipment you require to carry out the investigation.

Chart 5

Write down the steps you are going to take to perform the experiment.

Carrying out a

FAIR TEST(A possible method)

Warren BruceAdviser in Science EducationUC Education Plus

Adapted from an idea presented at SCICON 1996 by Steve Marshall

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