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Experimental Science Project: Design Planning Template

Note: Use your approved Constructing a Researchable Question & Hypothesis to complete #2 and #6.

1. Research Title:

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2. Researchable Question: Uses the format, “What if…?” or “How does…?” The researchable question

does NOT begin with “Why…?” or “Which …?”

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3. What are you changing in your experiment (THE “CAUSE”)? This is the independent variable. This

will be the “if” in your hypothesis.”

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4. What is being measured in your experiment (THE “EFFECT”)? This is the dependent variable. (A

prediction of how this experiment will turn out will be the “then” in your hypothesis.)

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5. What are possible explanations for why the effect happens? This is the “because” part of your

hypothesis. Your information must come from valid sources.

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6. Hypothesis: (Use an “If…then…because…” format)

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7. What must you keep the same in your experiment? These are the constants in the experiment.

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8. The purpose of this experiment is to determine the effect of

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(Independent Variable from question #3 above)

(Dependent Variable from question #4 above)

Experimental Science Project - Design Planning Template