Biology Internal Assesment

IA Format

Title/Question

Include independent and dependent Variable
Species should have scientific names
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Background

Information thay enhances understanding of the topic
Includes IV and DV
Includes personal engagement (Why is important to you)
Clarify aim of the investigation.

Hypothesis

State the hypothesis based on the background research.
Have a null and alternative.

Variables

IV- Wait you are manipulating (Only One)
DV: What you are measuring.
Controlled: All aspects of the experiment that must be kept the same.
All variables must be operationalized and be given in metric units (No teaspoons, cups, etc)

Materials

List them out such as sizes of glassware, concentration of chemicals, amount of each solution (eg 200 mL), ranges of each instrument (eg thermometer)

Method

Procedures in list form: address significant safety, ethical, or enviornmental issues relevant to the methodology.
Include images of experimental set ups.
Maintain precision when indicating amounts (eg 20.00 g instead of 20 g)
Indicate collection of sufficient data (how much data is collected and how you will process it)
Controlled variables section: explain how you controlled each control variable.

Raw Data

Includes quanititative and qualititative data.
Quantitative organized into a chart and chart must include uncertaintaties and titles.
All data should have the same number of decimal places.

Processed Data

Include a chart with averages and standard deviation.
Descriptions beneath each graph (only a couple of sentences are required)
T-test, Anova Test
Formulas used should be included along with a sample calculation using the raw data.
Include a graph of the processed data with a title and axis labels.
Graph should include error bars, a key if applicable, a trendline, and a r squared value.

Conclusion

What do the results imply about the research question?
Draw conclusions from results and mention outliers.
List at least 3 limitations and their potentional impacts.
Are there flaws in the procedures? Should something else have been controlled?
Suggest improvments to improve the investigation.

Works Cited

APA format of ALL resources that were researched.
Include websites used for research in the background.