Module/Week 5
Experimental Design
Media Piece
Experimental Design Objective
Design an experimental that tests variables in a safe and effective manner.
Recitation (the 50-minute activity) attendance is not required, but you are welcome to use that class time as office hours to ask your GTA questions, or study with classmates in 127 Weniger.
Science knowledge accumulates over time due to a continual process of science discovery: exploration, description, and explanation.
Experimentation plays an important role in science knowledge development.
You will be designing an experiment for this guide’s media piece. This video walks through the basic experimental steps.
Assignment (due Sunday on Canvas)
Experimental Design
In this media piece you are designing an experiment related to your body and/or activities. You do not need to conduct this experiment, this is establishing that you can design an experiment. If you do choose to conduct this experiment, it can be part of your body data collection that you will be analyzing later in the course.
Note: Use sense and care when considering self-experimentation. If testing variables, choose those that you hypothesize (predict) will improve health and avoid those that may decrease health. If unsure, seek professional assistance as needed.
You are turning in:
Your experimental design which includes: (1) the research question, (2) variable(s) being tested, (3) hypothesis, and (4) experimental procedure. The experimental procedure includes (4a) the control, (4b) treatment(s), (4c) any materials needed, (4d) what you will be doing, (4e) the type of data that will be collecting, and (4f) any safety considerations.
Media Directions
Submitted to Canvas.
Upload your experimental design media piece to Canvas. Your single file can be submitted as a PDF, a word document, a website link, or even a video. Multiple assignment formats are supported.
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