How well do you know the…

PRELAB

PROBLEM

asks a

question

PURPOSE

RESEARCHFind out all you can about your

idea…

HYPOTHESIS

A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR WHY

THINGS HAPPEN THE WAY THEY DO If…Then…Because…

MATERIALS

How to do the experiment…

LAB

OR

EXPERIMENT

CONTROL

VARIABLE

The part of the experiment you

compare everything else to…

The part of the

experiment you change

Ex.

Control = Time how long it takes a Mouse to get through a maze

Variable = Cheese, another mouse, change the maze, make it dark, alcohol, mirrors

OBSERVATIONS

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE

USE YOUR SENSES –

Sight, Smell, Taste, Touch, Hear

TAKE MEASUREMENTS –

English / Metric Systems

OBSERVATION

INFERENCE

USE YOUR SENSES; TAKE MEASUREMENTS

COMBINE EVIDENCE WITH EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

Record Data

Graphs, Charts, Photos

POST LAB

RESULTSSUMMARIZE OBSERVATIONS

AND DATA

CONCLUSION

A) ANSWER THE PROBLEM

B) WAS YOUR HYPOTHESIS CORRECT?

C) WHAT WENT WRONG?

D) WHAT COULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY TO GET BETTER RESULTS?

APPLICATION

HOW YOU CAN RELATE YOUR EXPERIMENT TO YOUR REAL LIFE