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Titlepage(
Focussedquestion
,Yourname,Candidateno.,etc.)

PersonalEngagement(PE):
Inshortwhyyouchosethisexperiment.
ConnectPhysicstheorytothisortheaspectsofPhysicsthatyouwillinvestigate.

Exploration:
DetailPhysicstheoryrelatedtoyourexperiment

withequations,

reference,

LabeledDIAGRAMamust.
Hypothesisifanyandtheoriticaljustificationforit.
Aim:(Definitely)
Method:

Howvariablesfromequationswillbeused.

Whichgraphwillbeplottedand

ifslopeand/orinterceptwillbeused,thenthatexplanation.

Anyotherpriorproceduretotryoutexperimentbasedonwhichyou
proposechanges,improvementsetc.
Procedure:

ListApparatus.

Explaindetailuseofapparatus,

varyingindependentvariable,

collectionofdataondependent&independentvariable,

methodtokeepothervariablesconstant.

Explainanyproceduretoreduceuncertainties.

Analysis:
DataCollection:
Allconstantswithunits&uncertainties.
Rawdatavariablesintableswithtitles,
lettervariableused,
unitsanduncertaintiesthisandallabove3intheheadingofeachcolumn.Only
variablestobeplottedneedtobeshowninthesecolumns(Keepthecolumndata
readable).
ShowtheminproperSignificantFigures(SF)withuncertainties.

 AnyrepeatedsetsofdatainAppendixwithclearlabelsforreferencebyexaminer.
Show(only)onesamplecalculationfor1setofdata.
Graph

withaxislabel&units,

bestfitlineandtwomoreuncertaintylineswiththeirequationsinorderfrom
highestslopetolowest.

Clearlymentionifuncertaintybarsaretoosmalltobeseen.

Anyrepeatedsetsofgraphsinappendixwithclearlabelsforreferenceby
examiner.

Showcalculationofrequiredvalue+uncertaintyinSFasperaim.

Calculateprecision&accuracy(ifany).Givereferenceforvalueusedin
calculationforaccuracy.

Evaluation
(andConclusion)
:
CommentonPrecision&Accuracy
Commenton

Graphs

intercepts,scatter,linepassingthropoints/uncertaintybarsornotand

Howthatmayberelatedtotheobtainedprecision&accuracy.
Otherconstantsandtheireffect.
Thingsthatwerebeyondcontrol.
Improvementstotheexperimentalprocedurethatpossiblycanbedoneandwhy
weretheynotundertakeninthefirstplace.
Anyapplicationsoftheexperiment.
Anyfurtherresearchbasedonyourexperiment.

Communication:
Iftheaboveorsimilarprocessisfollowedlogically,itcanbesaidtohavebeen
communicatedwellinwrittenwords,equationsandgraphics.
Yourcommunicationcanbemaximumasgoodasyourunderstandingoftheexperiment.

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