Researching A Question

Name: ________________________________  Date:__________


Introduction:

1. What is your topic?

2. What is your question?

3. What do you know about the topic you are researching?

4. Consult at least three outside sources to gather background information. List your sources here. In your notebook, write down what you learned about your topic that you didn't know before.

5. What is your hypothesis?


Methodology and Data Collection Procedures:

6. What data do you need to test your hypothesis and answer your question?

7. How do you plan to collect the data you need? What tools will you need?

8. Where and when will you collect your data?

9. Over what period of time will you collect data (for example: twice a week for four weeks.)?

10. How do you plan to record your data?


Results and Analysis

11. How will you analyze the data?

12. What will you use to illustrate your results and analysis of the data? (Graphs, maps, charts, tables, photographs, drawings, etc.)


Interpretation and Conclusion

13. Does analysis of the evidence you collected allow you to support or reject your hypothesis?

14. In evaluating your procedure, what would you do differently next time?

15. What additional questions arose from your investigation?