Hypothesis Worksheet With the guidance of your mentor, chapter coordinator, and/or teacher, use this form to record your hypothesis. Remember that a good hypothesis will: •
be based on information you learned during your background research,
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include your independent and dependent variables,
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be worded in a way that can be tested by experiment.
Research Question: Re-state the question you developed in Section 4. _________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Hypothesis: Record your educated guess about the answer to your research question. ____________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Variables (refer to page 71 for more information regarding variables) Independent (the variable you will control): _______________________________________________ Dependent (the variable that will change in response to changes in the independent variable): _______ __________________________________________________________________________________ Controlled (the variables you will hold constant): ___________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Mentor’s Initials: __________ Chapter Coordinator’s Initials: __________ You have completed Step 3 of the Scientific Method: Form a Hypothesis.