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- Subject: Biology
- AS: AS90457
- Level: 2
- Credits: 3
- Internal
Biology 2.1 Carry out a practical biological investigation with supervision
Sites for revision
In addition to some links on the subject content page, found by clicking on ‘subject content’ on the right-hand side of this page, check out these guidelines to plan a practical investigation, collect and process data, and interpret the findings:
Planning Experimental Procedures
This website has information that will help you design a plan for a practical investigation or experiment. It gives information to get you started, about variables, how to make a prediction using a graph and mathematically modelling, design the method with consideration to accuracy, and write a plan. Suitable for NCEA level 2.
http://www.8886.co.uk/plan.htm
Science Fair Central: Scientific Method
This website explains and illustrates the basic steps of the scientific method, the 'tool' used in practical investigations to discover the answer to a scientific problem. Suitable for NCEA.
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
scifairstudio/handbook/scientificmethod.html
The scientific method (interactive version)
This website is interactive and outlines the scientific method in great detail. It is appropriate for people who like to learn through stories and examples. Suitable for NCEA.
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Courses/bio104/sci_meth.htm
