5-6 Science Fair Handbook

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

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*Experimental Design Due: _____________ *Final Project Due:____________________ You will need to create a procedure for you experiment. This procedure needs to be a detailed list of step-by-step instructions, so that someone else could repeat your experiment exactly the same as you. Before you begin, determine your variables.

INDEPENDENTVARIABLE (what you will be changing in the experiment. Note: there should only be one item listed here.)

DEPENDENTVARIABLE (What you will be measuring or observing.)

CONTROLLEDVARIABLES (What you will be keeping the same during the experiment.)

Remember that you need to replicate your experiment. The more you replicate an experiment, the less these errors impact your experimental data, and the more valid your conclusions will be. The number of replications needed in your experiment vary by type of experiment. (Example: Run the control skateboard down a hill the same distance 10 times, and then run the test skateboard down the same hill, the same distance, 10 times. Calculate the average of the control and test skateboard.) Procedure: Add paper as needed.

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