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Flower Experiment Example
First, let’s look at the scientific method involved in this experiment.
1) What do you think this person’s question was?
2) What do you think that this person’s hypothesis would be (remember this should be an if/then
statement)?
3) Identify the parts of the experiment:
a. Independent Variable:
b. Dependent Variable:
c. Control:
d. Constants:
4) Was this experiment more quantitative or qualitative? Why?
5) What improvements could be made to this experiment?
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Experiment Homework
Write a hypothetical experiment of your own. First, describe the experiment below, and then answer the
questions on the bottom of this paper.
1) What is the question that is being asked?
2) What is the hypothesis that you will be testing?
3) What tools or equipment will you need to collect the data from your experiment?
4) Will the data being collected be more qualitative or quantitative? Why?
5) What is the independent variable, dependent variable, control and the constants?