Science Investigation Tips And Tricks

  • Aim:
    Explaining what you want to achieve in the experiment.

  • Hypothesis
    A sentence that is stating what you are trying to achieve in the experiment

  • Method
    The method is a way of carrying out the experiment.

  • Results
    A table or list of results/data from the experiment, may also use graphs.

  • Conclusion
    Reflecting on the experiment.

  • Discussion
    Discussing the end results of the whole experiment.

    Definitions:
    Independent Variable: - The variable being changed.
    Dependent Variable - The variable being measured.
    Controlled Variable - A variable that will be controlled to stay the same.
    Fair Test - A test controlling all the variables, except the independent variable.
    Reliability - A consistent method, the results will be not false if they are reliable.
    Accuracy - How precise something is.

    Improvements:
    Write a more in-depth discussion.
    Read the method, double-check things.
    Do the experiment in a more open and clear area.