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Quarterly Scientific Investigation
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Hypothesis (Using background knowledge and research, write what you think the
answer is to your question and WHY. Must be written as “If
, then
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Materials (List all materials used. Be specific about brands and quantities.)
Procedure (List all steps in your experiment so that someone else could repeat
your experiment.)
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Constants (What are you going to purposely keep the same?)
Independent variable (What are you purposely going to change?)
Dependent variable (What happens as a result of a change in the independent
variable?):
Data and Observations (Must record data in a chart and graph. Use both
qualitative and quantitative data.) Include pictures of your investigation!
Chart
Graph (Use a ruler to make it neat!)
Conclusion (What happened in your experiment? Summarize your results and use
inferences to explain why.)