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- Subject: Science
- AS: AS90727
- Level: 3
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Science 3.1 Carry out a practical scientific investigation with guidance
Sites for revision
Investigations in science
This booklet that aims to improve your investigations in science. It covers information about how to state the aim of the investigation, identifying relevant variables and controls, measurement of variables, making a hypothesis, planning the procedure and apparatus, carrying out the practical work safely, recording results, presenting results as a graph, looking for patterns and making a conclusion. Suitable for NCEA level two and three.
Planning experimental procedure
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, design the method, and write a plan. Suitable for NCEA level two.
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 level one.
