Defining Problems / Planning Investigations
Student – Assignment Template
1. Observations:
2. Questions:
3. Other-Source Information:
4. Hypothesis:
5. Procedure:
6. Independent variable:
Dependent variable:
7. Data:
8. Graph:
9. Evaluation:
 Identify one example of an investigation that was conducted perfectly and explain why it was so
good.
 Identify one example of a flawed investigation and explain how the mistakes that you noticed
could be corrected.
(Write you evaluations on the back of this handout.)