High School Experimental Design Template
Name:
Testable Problem Statement:
Date:
1. Written as a question, 2. Includes the IV and DV, 3. Directionality of IV and DV are correct.
Independent Variable (IV )
4.
Three (or more) levels of the IV :
/1pt
Dependent Variable (DV)
9.
5-7.
10.
/3pt
# of Trials
/3pt
Unit of Measurement for the DV
/1pt
Hr:
8.
/1pt
Measurement Tool for the DV
/1pt
11.
/1pt
12-15.
/4pt
16.
/1pt
17.
/1pt
Four Constant Conditions:
Explain why the listed constant are important in the experiment
Control (When applicable)
Hypothesis:
18. Written as an “if…then…” statement, 19. States levels of IVs and 20. Includes a specific prediction about a change in one
level of the IV for the DV.
/3pt
Procedure
21. Explains what action is being done to a level of the IV, 22. Provides at least 1 constant 23. Indicates what data is being
recorded, and 24. Tells the number of times the experiment will be performed for the other levels of the IV
.
/4pt
Lab, Graph, and Table title
25. Written as a scientific statement and not a question, and 26) Includes the IV and DV
/2pt
Data Table.
27. Title
(IV vs. DV)
28. IV with units
29. DV with units
30. Trials
31. Mean
.
/5pts
Graph.
32. Title
33. IV with
units
34. DV with
units
35. IV
Scale
36. DV Scale
37. Graph Type
/6pts
Conclusions:
.
38.
39.
40.
41.
Restates the testable problem statement
Indicates whether the hypothesis was accepted or rejected
Provides data for the highs/lows and maximums/minimums
Identifies the relationship between the IV and DV. (In other words, provides a sentence that explains what was
learned from the experiment.)
/4pts
Optional Discussion Section
42. Discusses whether any one trial’s data is different from another for the same level of the IV and what might cause the
difference in this data? (outliers)
/1pt.
43. Provides scientific reasoning to explain the science content
/1pt.
44. Provides a next step research question
/1pt.
45. Provides a model or representation
/1pt.