"THINKING LIKE A SCIENTIST -LTRP"

STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE THEIR EXPERIMENT!

 

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REQUIREMENTS:

LONG TERM RESEARCH PROJECT

I..   INTRODUCTION

            A. RESEARCH QUESTION

                        1. WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO INVESTIGATE?

            B. HYPOTHESIS

                        1. WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN?

            C. RESEARCH

                        1. DO SOME RESEARCH ON THE TOPIC.

                                    a. INCLUDE A SENTENCE OR TWO IN YOUR  INTRO                              

II.. METHODS

         A.   MATERIALS

                      1.  WHAT SUPPLIES DO YOU NEED?

                                a.  ITEMS SHOULD BE LISTED:

                                        1.

                                        2.

                                        3.

                                 b.  LIST THE QUANTITY AND ITEM.

            B.  PROCEDURE

                       1.  HOW WILL YOU PERFORM THE EXPERIMENT?

                       2.  SOMEONE ELSE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REPEAT THIS EXPERIMENT BY FOLLOWING THESE DIRECTIONS.     

                       3.  YOU MAY NEED TO RE-CHECK MATERIALS.

III. RESULTS

           A. ORGANIZE THE DATA AS A TABLE.

            B. RESULTS PARAGRAPH SHOULD DESCRIBE THE INFORMATION IN THE TABLE.

                      1.  IT DOES NOT DISCUSS THE MEANING OF THE DATA.

IV. DISCUSSION

  A PARAGRAPH THAT PROVIDES A CONCLUSION FOR THE PROJECT.

                       1. WHY DID YOU GET THESE RESULTS?

                       2.  WHAT DO THE RESULTS MEAN?

                       3.  WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?

                       4.  WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE NEXT TIME?

                       5.  DID RESULTS AGREE WITH YOUR HYPOTHESIS?