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Scientific InvestigationIntroduction to Investigatory Project

3 August 2011 1REDG 2011


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Students Work

Ask a testable questionResearch the topic

Make a hypothesis about the outcome

based on the research or their own

knowledgeDesign the investigation

Conduct the investigation

Collect Data

Make sense of the data and draw aconclusion

Present their findings for peer review



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Easy Testable Questions

How do plants grow?

What amount of water is best to grow

tomatoes?What type of soil is best to grow petunias?

What amount of sunlight is best to grow

daffodils?


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What makes something sink or float?

How well do different materials sink or

float in water?

How do rockets work?

How does changing the shape of a rockets

fins change its flight?


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How does the sun heat up water?

Does the sun heat salt water and fresh

water at the same rate?

What happens when something

freezes?

Do different liquids freeze at the same

rate?


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What makes a magnet attract things?Does temperature have an effect on a


What makes cars move?

How does the surface on which a car

moves affect how fast it goes?

How do batteries work?

Which type of battery lasts the longest?


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What makes a magnet attract things?

Does temperature have an effect on a

magnets strength?

Why does ice melt?

What is the best insulator to keep ice

from melting?


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More Complex Testable

QuestionsHow do lubricants work?

Which combination of lubricants will work

best on a bicycle wheel?

What can affect animal behaviors?

What is the effect of a low-levelelectrical field on the movement of fruit

flies?


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QuestionsWhat happens when water expands as it

freezes?

w ch f rce is needed t eep waterfr expanding as it freezes?

What is s ap?

Which detergent re ves stains the best?


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QuestionsWhat is bread mold?

What conditions keep bread mold from

rowin on bread?

What do birds eat?

What type of food and feeder will attractthe most cardinals?


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Make your own IP topic& IP

title in the form ofresearchable & testable

questions


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Validate your topic


TIMEwill the investi ation or buildin the

desi n take more than the time allotted

between the approval date and the

deadline?

MATERIALS

can you obtain the materials that will be

required? Will the cost be too much?


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Validate your topic


SAFETYare the tools and other materials safe for

you to use? Will an adult be available to

help with anythin that mi ht not besafe for you to do alone? Are any of the

materials ones that someone could be

aller ic to?


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Validate your topic


APPROPRIATENESSis the topic somethin that you can

understand? Will the research require you

to read thin s that are too hard?

ANIMAL CAREif you are oin to do anythin with

animals, will they be kept safe? Will you

be puttin anyone in dan er who is

aller ic to the animals?


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Rationale

Underlying reason


Why you choose such topic?

To what problem does it address?

In what ways can the topic helpaddress a problem?

Write the Rationale of your IP in notless than 200 words but not more

than 300 words.


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Submission


NO DEADLINE!

BUT THERE IS ONLY ONEDAY OF SUBMISSION ----

AUGUST 22, 2011


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