Unit Project: Scientific Inquiry
Name: _________________________________________________________
Project Title: _____________________________________________________
Purpose of this Project (to be completed during the Experimental Design Section)
What is the goal of this project? What question is it trying to answer or what problem is it trying to
explain? 10 points
Possible Treatments (to be completed during the Experimental Design Section)
What are some possible treatments you can use to answer your question? What are some
variables that may influence your question, and are they variables that you can easily manipulate
and test? 5 points
Background research (to be completed during the Experimental Design Section)
What are the key points of your background research on the question or problem? Beneath your
write-up, include a list of sources that you used. 20 points
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Hypothesis (to be completed during the Technological Design Section)
Record your best “educated guess” about what will happen in the experiment. Give your reasons
and outline any assumptions that lead you to this hypothesis. 10 points
Experimental Design (to be completed during the Technological Design Section)
List the procedures you used to complete this lab in order. 40 points
Observations/Data (to be completed during the Organizing Data Section)
Record the observations and/or data you collected here. 10 points
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Tables and Graphs (to be completed during the Organizing Data Section)
Draw any appropriate tables or graphs for your data. 10 points
Conclusion (to be completed during the Drawing Conclusions Section)
After conducting the experiment, how would you now explain the problem or answer the question
raised when you described the purpose of the lab. Be sure to base your answer on the data you
collected. Consider whether your conclusion is the only explanation for the data you collected or
if there could...