Meet the Elements Revision

A simple statement what you are setting out to do in the experiment

• Aim

• Conclusion

• Results

• Equipment List

A table highlighting the possible risks in an experiment

• Aim

• Hypothesis

• Risk Assessment

• conclusion

A full list of the materials needed for the experiment

• Risk assessment

• Discussion

• Aim

• Equipment List

Numbered steps telling you how to do the experiment

• Discussion

• Method

• Hypothesis

• Aim

What happened in the experiment presented in a table and/or graph

• Results

• Method

• conclusion

• Discussion

A possible answer to the problem in the experiment

• Hypothesis

• Method

• Risk assessment

• Aim

An explanation of the results, listing any problems you encountered

• Conclusion

• Discussion

• Aim

• Method

Which of the sentences below is an AIM?

• To determine if adding salt to water changes the water's boiling point

• Adding salt to water will decrease it's boiling point

• I think if I add salt to water it will take longer to boil

• 1. Set up equipment as shown in the diagram below

Which of the sentences below is a hypothesis?

• To determine if adding salt to water changes the water's boiling point

• Adding salt to water will decrease it's boiling point

• I think if I add salt to water it will take longer to boil

• Set up equipment as shown in the diagram below

What is included in the Discussion section of a report?

• A list of equipment needed to complete the experiment

• A prediction on what will happen

• A question about what the experiment is about

• What went wrong, what could be changed, how the experiment could be improved, why the results happened.