Question: |
What do you want to know? Ask a question.
EXAMPLE: What materials will make the inside of a car cooler?
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Hypothesis: |
What do you think will happen?
IF this (independent Variable/Thing I want to know) happens THEN, this (the measurement of change to the Independent Variable) will happen. EXAMPLE: If I put a shiny covering over the windshield, THEN the car will be cooler.
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Variables |
INDEPENDENT (IV): The thing that you want to know. Each investigation should only have ONE independent variable. QUALITATIVE
EXAMPLE: The shiny covering on the windshield
DEPENDENT (DV): The MEASUREMENT for how your investigation changes. QUANTITATIVE
EXAMPLE: The temperature of the car.
CONSTANTS: These are the things that will remain the same in all of your trials
EXAMPLE: the car, the times of day to record, the thermometer, etc.
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Trials |
Trials is the number of times you will do the experiment or
the different levels you will try. EXAMPLE: Types of "shiny" things that could cover the windshield. Tin foil, shiny fabric, shiny glass, a mirror.
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Data |
The INFORMATION that you gather
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Conclusion: |
A statement that tells what you learned from your data. Your conclusion tells if you were correct or not when you made your hypothesis.
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