Resources: Classroom Activities
Example of an easy experiment:
| Title: | Is Salt as Good as it Seems? |
| Introduction: | ... |
| Aim: | To investigate the effect of salt on plant growth |
| Hypothesis: | Plants grow better with a low salt level |
| Experimental set-ups: | 3 salt levels: high, medium, low |
| Control set-up: | Similar set-up, but with no salt |
| Independent variable: | Amount of salt |
| Dependent variable: | Growth of the plant |
| Constants: | Control type of plant, size of pot, amount & type of soil, amount of water & sunshine, temperature, length of growing time |
| Sample size: | 5 (number of plants at each salt level) |
| Results: | Plants grew bigger & bushier with the highest salt level |
| Discussion: | ... |
| Conclusion: | Plants grow best with a high salt concentration. |
| The hypothesis was disproved | |
| References: | ... |
| Acknowledgements: | ... |
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Matching Activities
This document contains:
- Instructions on how to use these activities
- 5 Easy Experiments to Match
- 3 Harder Experiments to Match
Dissecting Experiments
This document contains:
- Instructions on how to use these activities
- 5 Easy Experiments to Dissect
- 3 Harder Experiments to Dissect
(answers included with these)
Last reviewed: 28 March, 2013
