Conclusion
Paragraph 1: Purpose,
procedure and hypothesis:
1st sentence: Summarise what you found. In this lab the researchers found that…
2nd sentence: Summarise the procedure (what you did)
The experiment was
completed using … to see what happened when…
OR The experiment
was performed by… in order to ….
3rd sentence: Summarise your hypothesis and say whether your
hypothesis was proved correct. (NOT Yes my hypothesis was right but the
hypothesis was proven correct or incorrect)
The researchers predicted that…
because…. OR The researchers predicted
that if … then…
And if your
hypothesis was correct:
This confirmed (or
contradicted) our hypothesis
Paragraph 2: Background information - the science behind
the experiment including vocabulary about the lab. (Think about the amount of light that is being blocked)
Paragraph 3: Summarize your
results
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The experiment showed that....... DO NOT list EVERY bit of
data just the main points or the overall patterns.
Eg -What happens to the shadow as the light
source gets closer to the block?
Explain the pattern (trend
seen)– use examples from your results
Were there any results that did not fit the trend/difference
in the shadow? Suggest why this may have happened?
EVALUATION
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What
went well in your experiment
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What
went wrong, what happened - how may it have affected your results?
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EBI:
How would you change this?
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What is a new research question that you
would like to investigate further after you did this experiment?
