Practical Skills : Planning a Practical

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  • Practical Skills
    • Hypothesis
      • a statement based on observations that requires proving
    • Variables
      • Independent
        • the thing you change
      • Dependent
        • the thing you measure
      • Controlled
        • the thing that stays constant
          • ensures the experiment is valid
    • Prediction
      • what you think is going to happen
      • estimation
    • Equipment list & diagram
      • a list of the equipment your going to use and what for
      • accuracy
      • a diagram of your practical and the equipment used
    • Method
      • needs to be repeatable
      • step to step instructions on what your going to do
    • Results Table and/or Graph
      • where you show your results
      • in a table, include repeats and work out an average to make the results more accurate and reliable
      • a graph to show the relationship between the independent and dependent variables
    • Conclusion
      • a full summary of the experiment and an explanation of the results and the comparison to the prediction
    • Evaluation
      • what went well and ways to improve to make the experiment more accurate and reliable
    • Risk assessment
      • potential risks and hazards during the experiment and ways to prevent them

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