Year 9 Science: Independent Investigation
Check Point 1
1Briefly describe your idea for your investigation. Draw a diagram if it helps.
2Explain why you are interested in this investigation. What do you hope to find out?
3For the investigation you have described above name the following:
athe independent variable (this is the variable you will change in the experiment)
bthe dependent variable (this is the variable you will measure. It’s value depends on the independent
variable)
cthe constant variables (all the variables that must be kept the same to make the experiment a fair
test)