ProblemQuestion

Record and Organize Data

Plan Your Experiment

Drawing Conclusions

HypothesisPredict

Gathering Data

Analyzing Data

• Observations that lead to asking questions

• Must be measurable/testable

• Must be an if…then statement, have an independent variable and increase/decrease

• Must be measurable/testable

• Decide on materials, safety codes, step-by-step procedures

• Variables:Dependent IndependentControlled

• Observations: Qualitative and Quantitative

• Measure, estimate, and calculate as the data is being collected

• Decide if you will use tables, charts, graphs, diagrams, and/or classify the data

• Is the hypothesis proven or disproven?

• Does it lead to the development of a new hypothesis or question?

• General to specific

• 3 M’s

• Intersect

• Interpolate and extrapolate

• Data trends or patterns

• Inferences related to data and background knowledge

• Sum up what was learned

Title:

Problem:

Hypothesis:

Sketch of Set-up

Real Life Application

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Experimental Design:Safety Codes:

Materials:

Independent Variable:

Dependent Variable:

Controls:

Step-by-Step Procedures:

Qualitative Data:

Qualitative Data:

Cup 1

Starting Temp

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Cup 2

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Cup 3

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Qualitative Data:

Results Table

Qualitative Data:

Qualitative Data:

Cup 4

Starting Temp

3 min 6 min 9 min 12 min

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18 min

Cup 5

Starting Temp

3 min 6 min 9 min 12 min

15 min

18 min

Cup 6

Starting Temp

3 min 6 min 9 min 12 min

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Qualitative Data:

Cup 6

Starting Temp

3 min 6 min 9 min 12 min

15 min

18 min

Qualitative Data:

Analysis and ConclusionHypothesis • Proven/Disproven• Supported by the data: (explain)

Analyze Data: (analyze graph, trends and patterns)

Summary of what I learned: