Science ISA’s!

Sections

• Planning• Reporting on the planning• Practical Work• Processing primary data• Analysing results

Planning

What

you

are going to do

•What equipment will you use?•What are you testing?•What are your variables•Controls•Independent•Dependent

How

are you going to do it?

•What is your method?•Will this test your hypothesis•Is it a fair test?

How

do you kno

w to do

this!

•Where did you find your research?•Exact internet sites & dates!

Reporting on the planning

• Exam time!• What have you found

out?

Practical work

• You will be given a method, regardless of the quality of yours!!!– Please do not be offended

Processing primary data &Analysing results

• Exam time 2– Evaluating– Analysing

• Your results– You may be given another set of results for your

experiment to write up.

New terms• Accuracy• Calibration• Data• Errors• Anomalies• Random error• Systematic error• Evidence• Uncertainty• Valid conclusion

• Fair test• Hypothesis• Interval• Precision• Prediction• Range• Repeatable• Reproducible• True value• Validity