Context

Most of us have secured funding for our research now. Well done! Now it is time to plan the experiment such that we are able to uphold our promises. We spoke at length yesterday about the ideas of causality, experiment, accuracy and validity. We need to ensure we are able define these ideas. Then we  need to ensure we have upheld them in our plan.

Structure

1. Restate your Hypothesis
2. List and justify your choice of equipment. There is an opportunity to get the Precision badge here with extra work. See me for details
3. Explain how you Establish Causality in this piece. This involves the correct choice and control of certain variables. See http://achieve.community.edutronic.net/stage-2-ws/establishing-causality/
4. Summarise your method, preferably with a diagram.
5. Complete a risk assessment.

Badges

You could achieve

in this piece

Rules

This piece need not be in perfect prose but it should be legible and, if you aren’t using full sentences, bullet points would be most appropriate. Remember, this doesn’t form part of a formal report. It is attached as an appendix at the end. It’s purpose is to have your work passed by the Senior Technician in a lab.

Due Tuesday 28th June