Level 1 Physics
W. Dupre
Semester Research Project
Experimental Design
Value: 15 points
The Experimental Design must include the following sections:
Team Members
Date
Title of Research Project
{1 pt}
Such as: “Static Electricity”, “Heat Transfer”, “Atomic Structures”, etc.
{2 pt}
{2 pt}
NOTE 1: Items #1 & #2 in section B will be final. Once this paper is turned in, you will not be allowed to change your research topic or research question for any reason. Therefore it is of utmost importance that you have chosen a question that is both challenging and “experimentable” (“Experimentable” means that you are able to conduct an experiment that will give vital data to answer your question, with the limited means available to you.)
NOTE 2: Beginning with section “C”, all items below are considered a first proposal and as such, are subject to change. Further research should necessitate at least some minor editing by the time of your final proposal on March 4, 2005.
State your guess as to the possible answer to your question based upon your preliminary research and intuition.
{2 pt}
{1 pt}
Remember that your experiment should be specifically designed to answer a single question. All other factors should be carefully considered to insure that your data relates only to that question.
{2 pts – valid experiment to test your question; 1 pt – includes some experimental flaws that need correcting}
{2 pt}
OPTIONAL: Although it will be required later, you may want to include a blank data table showing the type of data you intend to collect. Thinking through the type of data you need to collect to answer your question may help guide how you design your experiment.
{2 pt}
Later in the project you will have to include at least one graph showing the relationship that exists between a set of data.
{1 pt}