Name:
_______________________________
Date: ________________________________
Designing an
Experiment Using the Research Method
I
have decided to do my science fair project on Red Bull and whether or not it
affects a person’s heart rate. Fill in the following questions using this topic
scenario.
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Research Method Step |
Questions to think about……… |
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Research |
Is
this a safe topic to explore? Why or why not?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Explain
some “project research” that I will have to perform before beginning my
experiment. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Where
might I gather some information on my topic? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Problem |
Write
the Research Problem that I may include in my project write up. (remember to
limit it, and make it open ended) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Hypothesis |
Write
a possible hypothesis I may have for my experiment. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Project
Experimentation |
Design
an experiment I could use to test my topic. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What
is my independent variable (the variable I change)? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What
is my dependent variable (what I am measuring)? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What
are my controlled variables (the variables that cannot change)? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |