IA Form Part 1: Proposal
Name:
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Identify the idea, organism and/or process that you want to study
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Justify the reasons for your choice
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Summarise your background information.
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Identify the possible independent and dependent variables and how they may be measured
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DV:
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Outline any ethical, environmental or hazards that you might encounter
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Describe any other problems you may face (equipment, time etc)
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Realistically, how feasible do you think your plan is? (i.e. do you think you will be able to
gather sufficient data to be able to answer your question?)
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IA Form Part 2: Planning
Name:
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Draw/sketch a graph of the data that you may end up with
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Describe the range of your independent and dependent variables
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DV:
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Describe any controlled variable and how you will control them
Control
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How it’s controlled
Describe any uncontrollable variables and why you cannot control them
Uncontrolled
Why it’s uncontrolled
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Outline the steps you would take when collecting one piece of data (try to be detailed as
possible; the more detailed you are the easier you will find the actual experiment to be)
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List the equipment you will need to perform your investigation (all of this should be included
in the outline above)
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How long will the investigation take
o How long will the investigation run for?
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How long will it take to collect each piece of data?
What other information will you need to find out from the literature to be able to answer
your question?
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