Lab Report 1: Scientific Method
Directions:
Use the provided guidelines to complete the scientific method lab. Upload the lab as a file when you have completed the assignment.
- Follow the directions specified in Lab 1 for collecting data for practicing the scientific method.
- You will need some friends and family for this experiment.
- You will be measuring their right-hand index fingers and comparing that length to their hand length.
- Your measurements will be in centimeters. Find a ruler that has centimeters. You should measure to the nearest tenth of a centimeter.
- You will have to decide how to measure the hand length and index finger for each person to make it fair.
- After collecting, fill in the collected data in a data table. You can use Excel or any other program, or even hand draw to complete the data filling activity.
- Next, you will create a line graph with the help of the collected data.
- The hand length goes on the X-axis and index finger length on the Y-axis in the graph.
- You can make a graph on Excel or any program that you wish, or even hand draw it and scan it in.
- As the last part of the activity, you will have to draw a conclusion to the above activity by answering the following questions:
- Was the hypothesis supported? How do you know?
- How did you make sure you measured accurately and fairly?
- Also, write at least five lines explaining the scientific method to complete the lab assignment.
Additional Information: The points segregation for the activity of how to construct the graph is clearly defined in the attachment 7 Steps to Constructing a Graph & Explanation. This document was shared during the reading section of the module. Remember to download and refer to the points while doing the task.
