Experimental Investigation

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION

I never did anything worth doing by accident,
nor did any of my inventions come by accident;
they came by work.

Thomas Alva Edison

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Click here for online examples of other photosynthesis experiments.
These will help you design your own investigation.

You will not find your exact experiment here, but you will find out how other scientists have tested & measured photosynthesis.

General Information

Parts of the Investigation

Rubrics

PowerPoint

Online Research Sources

General Information

Introduction to the Experimental Investigation

Experimental Investigation Journal

Journal Cover

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Parts of the Investigation

Part 1 - The Question

Part 2 - Background Information / Review of Literature & Hypothesis

Part 3 - Experimental Design

Part 4 - Data Collection

Part 5 - Data Analysis & Conclusions

Part 6 - Communicating Results

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Rubrics

Journal Rubric

PowerPoint Rubric

Oral Presentation Rubric

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PowerPoint Instructions

PowerPoint Template

PowerPoint Guidelines

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Online Research Sources

*****Due to the AHISD filter, some of these links may not be
accessible from our school computers*****

The web is not a constant place; some of these links may be broken or dead.
If you cannot access a website, move on to the next one -
you have several on each topic from which to choose.

AHJS Library Resources

AHJS Student Resources

http://science-class.net/ student_links.htm#Photosynthesis

http://www.ftexploring.com/ photosyn/photosynth.html

http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us
/curr/science sciber00/8th/energy/sciber/intro.htm

http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/
photosyn/education/learn.html

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/
courses/bio104/photosyn.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
methuselah/photosynthesis.html

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/
faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPS.html

http://www.alienexplorer.com/
ecology/topic3.html

http://www.sambal.co.uk/
photosynthesis.html

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/
webwise/spinneret/plants/photsy.htm

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/leaves.html

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/
gpe/case1/c1facts2c.html

http://www.schoolnet.edu.mo/
general/biology/temp/cmap/photo.html

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/
~js/glossary/photosynthesis.html

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/photosynthesis

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0775714.html

http://www.borg.com/~lubehawk/photosyn.htm

http://www.treetures.com/morephoto.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0838879.html

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/
ngexplorer/0204/quickflicks/

http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/
nwepphotosynthesis.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/22016/photo/

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
tour/link=/life/photosynthesis.html

http://www.smith.edu/
sccs/EDC333/botany/photosyn.htm

http://www.howe.k12.ok.us/~jimaskew/bphoto.htm

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Online Examples of Other Photosynthesis Experiments

*****Due to the AHISD filter, some of these links may not be
accessible from our school computers*****

None of these activities are in the exact form required in our class.
Although you may use parts of what you find in these web sites, you will
still have to design and conduct your own original investigation .

These are a starting place for you to develop your own investigation.
These web site will give you ideas for how to develop your own investigation - what to test, what to measure, how to measure, and how to set up the experiment.
Any investigation you do must be one of your OWN DESIGN .
You may not simply copy the experiment of another person. I have read every web page posted here, I know what they say, and I will know if you cut and paste or copy the work of another person.