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| Hypothesis | A tentative explanation for an observation or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation. |
| Purpose | You can find this by doing research, by examing the results of previous experment, or by obbserving the world around you. |
| Procedure | Write each step with a verb and keep the steps short. should be clar enough for somone else to use as instructions for repeating your experiment. |
| Independent variable | the factor that you wish to test and this is maniupulated or chaged so that it can be tested. |
| Dependent variable | The factor that you measure to gather results. |
| Results | Gather both quantitative and qualitative data. Record anything that may be wrong in your procedure. Look at all of your observations togeher. Look for meaningful ways to present your observations. |
| Conclusion | Compare your results with your hypothesis to see if the hypothesis is supported. do not make inferences about factors that you did not test. |
| Extended questions | write a list of questions for further research and investigation. your ideas may lead you to new experiments and discoveries. |
