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science unit 1.3/1.4 :)
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- 1summary of unit 1.3,1.4
- 2what does the final part of an investigation involve ?the final part of an investigation involves summarizing the findings in an objective, in a clear and concise manner for your audience.
- 3what is the distinctive style of communication that scientists use called?the scientific voice :)
- 4what is a active voicein the active voice we know whose doing the action for example
" we grabbed the ball of the shelf " . - 5what is a passive voicein the passive voice we don't know who is doing the action.
- 6what do you do to be conciseto be concise use short sentences with a simple structure ;)
- 7how many steps are there to writing a scientific report9
( get ready for this ) - 8step 1 :the first step in a scientific investigation is the process of defining what is being investigated.
the research question should be written so it is testable. - 9step 2 :formulating a hypothesis. a hypothesis is a statement that predicts the outcome of the relationship between the two variables.
- 10step 3 :list the materials or equipment required. all required materials should be listed including the number required , volume , mass , concentration and size.
- 11step 4 :design the procedure. the method should clearly state how the hypothesis is tested and how data will be collected. it is important that the method is clearly listed so your experimental procedure is repeatable.
- 12step 5 :collect the data.
- 13step 6 :organise the data.
- 14step 7 :discuss the results . it is important to summaries the findings of
an investigation or research in an objective , clear and concise manner. - 15step 8 :draw a conclusion
- 16step 9 :acknowledge sources of information
- 17what are the two aspects to consider when writing a report ?- in text referencing which occurs in the body of the report.
- end text referencing which occurs at the end of the report as a bibliography or reference list. - 18what is a bibliography ?A bibliography is a list of all of the sources you have used (whether referenced or not) in the process of researching your work.
- 19how can details of experimental methods be presented as ?diagrams / flow charts
- 20define in-text referencingin-text referencing is used at the exact point you used the thoughts , images , texts or words of another person.
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