Lab 9 Part Two: Designing Your Own Experiment

What is the purpose of your experiment?

What variable are you testing?

What is your hypothesis?

What variables will you keep the same?
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How many trials will you conduct?

Will you collect qualitative data and/or quantitative data? How will these data help you to reach a conclusion?

How will you record theses data?

Hypothesis:

Procedure:

Data Table:

Mrs. Smith’s approval _________

Analysis Questions:

5. What conclusions can you make based on the results of your experiment? Explain how your conclusions are based on the data collected during your experiment, and whether your hypothesis was supported or disproved.
6.a. In your experiment, what variables did you keep the same?
6.b. Were there any variables (except the one being tested) that you could not keep the same?
6.c. How could you improve the design of your experiment? Explain.