Key questions raised by observations
(1) INDEPENDENT VARIABLE: (What is the cause agent? What are you changing?)
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(2) DEPENDENT VARIABLE: (What is being measured?)
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(3) LAB SET-UP:
Experimental Groups






# of Trials
(4) CONTROL: (What is the experimental group being compared to?)
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(5) HYPOTHESIS: [Use an If…(I.V.)….then…(D.V.)……format.
State the cause & effect relationship between the Independent
Variable (I.V.) and the Dependent Variable (D.V.) It must be testable]

If________________________, then________________________because ___________________



(6) LAB TITLE: (The effect of ____(I.V.) on ____D.V.).

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(7) EXPERIMENTAL CONSTANTS: (Name 6 Variables
NOT altered during the experiment)
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8) Specific procedures/diagrams with labels
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