Title slide

• Title• Name, partner • Date

State research question here

Research

• Some information about your experiment.• This can be background information on radish

seeds, plant growth in general or your particular study

• For example:– Light – background info on photosynthesis– Amount of soil – background information in plant

nutrients

Hypothesis

• Write your hypothesis in an “if” “then” statement

• Example: If we feed the snake twice a week then it will live longer then the snakes fed once a week.

List the following

• Independent variable :

• Dependent variable :

List the following

• Experimental group :

• Control group :

Procedure

• Be very detailed• How long did the experiment take• What were the quantities of water used, soil

• Someone should be able to replicate this experience exactly based on your written procedure

Procedure continued

• Other things to think about• How long were the photoperiods (light)

• When did you measure the plants?• How did you go about measuring the plants?

Materials

• List of all materials used

Results

• Briefly describe the outcomes of your experiment

• When did they start growing?• What did the plants look like? Healthy, green,

lots of leaves?• Was their an obvious pattern?

Chart 1: Control group

Average Temperature of Costa Rica C°

Jan Feb March April May June July Aig Sept Oct Nov Dec

San Jose 30 32 34 33 31 35 39 42 39 37 30 28

Hondura 28 30 32 33 30 33 37 41 36 36 28 28

San Quito 25 27 29 30 33 37 41 45 40 38 30 26

Chart 2: Experimental group

Graph

• Title• X axis – dependent variables• Y axis – independent variables• Easy to read

Jan Feb

March

AprilMay

JuneJuly Aig

Sept

OctNov

Dec

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San JoseHonduraSan Quito

Conclusion

• In a written out paragraph what can you conclude about your experiment. Restate your hypothesis. Was your hypothesis supported or rejected. Were you able to prove anything in this experiment? If not why not? What would you do differently?

Further studies

• Based on your experiment what would you test next? What would you change, improve, or continue to research?