-FOLLOWING THE SCIENTIFIC PROCESS TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION-

Use this format to get your thoughts in order before you start an experimental investigation

YOUR NAME (underlined) and NAMES OF GROUP MEMBERS DATE

WHAT IS THE AREA OF INTEREST OF THIS INVESTIGATION?

WHAT SPECIFIC QUESTION WILL BE INVESTIGATED?

LINKS TO INTERNET PAGES OR BOOKS, ETC, WHICH HAVE BEEN USED TO

RESEARCH THE TOPIC, OR NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO WERE CONSULTED:
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THIS IS THE HYPOTHESIS and HOW IT IS JUSTIFIED:

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THIS IS HOW THE HYPOTHESIS WILL BE TESTED:

Write here a full description of the investigation which you intend to carry out.
Make a list of the apparatus and equipment you require:

Write here how the investigation will be conducted. If necessary, give the steps in order. Make
instructions are clear and can be followed. Use diagrams if they help.

What are your VARIABLES?

 INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

 DEPENDENT VARIABLE

 CONTROLLED VARIABLES

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