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Carrying Out An Investigation in Science

This document outlines the steps for carrying out a scientific investigation: 1. Gather ideas and form a question about something that can be measured or observed. 2. Plan what the independent variable will be that is changed and what the dependent variable is that will be measured, keeping all other factors the same. 3. Make a prediction about what will happen to the dependent variable when the independent variable is changed. 4. Follow the outlined steps to plan the experiment, collect evidence through observation and measurement, record results, and analyze and explain what was found.

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Carrying Out An Investigation in Science

This document outlines the steps for carrying out a scientific investigation: 1. Gather ideas and form a question about something that can be measured or observed. 2. Plan what the independent variable will be that is changed and what the dependent variable is that will be measured, keeping all other factors the same. 3. Make a prediction about what will happen to the dependent variable when the independent variable is changed. 4. Follow the outlined steps to plan the experiment, collect evidence through observation and measurement, record results, and analyze and explain what was found.

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Carrying Out an Investigation

in Science
Investigation Steps – Asking a
Question
1. Gather ideas
What could we investigate?
What could we measure or observe?
Investigation Steps : Asking a
Question
2.Ask yourself what are you trying to find out

You need a question to investigate....

How? What? When?


Investigation Steps: Choosing what to
change (making a fair test)
3. Plan what you will change

• What will you change? (only


ONE thing)
• what will you measure?
• what will you keep the same?
(The things which could change are called
variables)
Investigation Steps: Making a
Prediction
4. Make a prediction
(A Prediction is often known as a
Hypothesis)

• What do you think will happen to the


variable you are measuring or
observing........ when you change the
variable you are interested in.
Investigation Steps: Planning the
Enquiry
5. Plan the practical work
• How will you carry out the experiment? What
will you do?
• Design the experiment.
• List what you need.
• Describe how you will use the equipment.
Make a diagram if you want.
Investigation Steps: Collecting
Evidence
6. Carry out the experiment.
• Note carefully what happens.
Investigation Steps: Recording
and Presenting
7. Record the results
• Produce a table of results.
• The table includes the independent variable
(what you were changing) and the dependent
variable (what you were measuring).
• Use the results table to help
you construct a bar chart or
graph of your results.
Investigation Steps: Recording
and Presenting
8. Explain the results
Explain what your results show.
Decide whether your prediction was correct.
Make a conclusion about what you have found
out and explain it clearly.
Make a note of things you might change if you
were to do the enquiry again.
Report back to the rest of the class.
SO......How do I carry out an
Investigation in Science?
1. Gather ideas 6. Record the results
2. Ask yourself what are 7. Explain the results
you trying to find out .
3. Plan what you will
change
4. Make a prediction
5. Plan the practical work
6. Carry out the
experiment.

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