Students will perform a first-hand investigation and produce a scientific report.
Choose one of the scenarios from the supplied list or design an experiment of your choice. ensure that the experiment you choose has value. This means it should be relatively novel and not simply a repeat of an existing experiment, unless you aim to replicate or confirm previous findings, and that there is a reason for conducting the experiment .
• Identify the purpose of the investigation and design an appropriate testable question or hypothesis.
• Include a literature review/background section that covers what we already
know about the topic and justify why it is important to conduct this research, with reference to other similar investigations being conducted
• Describe a logical procedure for undertaking a controlled experiment
• Design and perform a fair test .
• Present observations and measurements to show trends and relationships, utilising appropriate data analyses and measurement approaches
• Discuss the results using cause and effect relationships and explain how the procedure and results were or could have been improved.
• State a valid conclusion, identifying data which supports or rejects the question or hypothesis
• Demonstrate that you conducted the experiment yourself: Students are required to demonstrate that the experiment was carried out between the beginning of semester and the due date. Evidence of conducting the experiment may include taking photographs , records or links to video.
Students are responsible for determining whether their evidence is sufficient through contact with the tutor/subject coordinator. Experiments conducted for other subjects/purposes or at other times will not be accepted.
