Guidelines for Experimental Procedures


An experimental procedure is a detailed, step-by-step list of what you plan to do to test your hypothesis. Make sure your experimental procedure follows these guidelines:

  • Select only one thing to change in each experiment. The things that you change are called variables.
  • Change something that will help you test your hypothesis.
  • Explain clearly how you will change this one thing.
  • Explain clearly how you will measure the amount of change.
  • Each type of experiment needs a "control" for comparison, so that you can see what effect the change had.
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