1. Experiment Plan
We are trying to find out …
We could change … We could measure or observe …
We will change … We will measure
or observe …
(this is the independent variable)
(this is the dependent variable)
The question we are investigating is …
We will keep these variables the same …
Prediction
When we change … we think what is …
will happen to …
This is because …
(try to use scientific ideas)
The equipment we will use to investigate this is …

2. Obtain Evidence
Record your observations or measurements in this table.
We are measuring
We are changing … or observing …
(this is the independent variable) (this is the dependent variable)
The units for this are … The units for this are …
(where appropriate) (where appropriate)

4. Evidence Analysis
One way of showing your results is to plot them on a graph.
Title ________________________
We Measured
…
(this is the
dependent variable)
The units for
this are …
We Changed …
(this is the independent variable)
The units for this
are …
Conclusion
When we changed … what happened to … was …
We think this happened because …
(try to use scientific ideas)
Our prediction was right because …
wrong

6. Evaluation
Thinking about your results
Are some of your results unusual or do not fit the pattern of the others?
The unusual results were …
This happened because …
To stop this happening next time we could …
Thinking about how you did your investigation
We could improve what we did by …
What we could do next is …