Individual Investigation Color Marking

Background Red – discussion of your manipulated variable (including safety and ethics of choosing conditions)

Background Red – discussion of your manipulated variable(including safety and ethics of choosing conditions) Blue – discussion of your responding variable

Background Red – discussion of your manipulated variable(including safety and ethics of choosing conditions) Blue – discussion of your responding variable Green – discussion of any shift in your question or procedure after you starting collecting data

Background Red – discussion of your manipulated variable(including safety and ethics of choosing conditions)Blue – discussion of your responding variable Green – discussion of any shift in your question or procedure after you starting collecting data Purple – personal interest, significance, or curiosity

Background Red – discussion of your manipulated variable(including safety and ethics of choosing conditions) Blue – discussion of your responding variable Green – discussion of any shift in your question or procedure after you starting collecting data Purple – personal interest, significance, or curiosity Reminder to use parenthetical citations and attach a bibliography for any outside information!

Focused Question Red – manipulated variable

Focused Question Red – manipulated variable Blue – responding variable

Focused Question Red – manipulated variable Blue – responding variable Green – circle question mark

Design Brown – manipulated variable

Design Brown – manipulated variable Pink – responding variable

Design Brown – manipulated variable Pink – responding variable Red – first controlled variable

Design Brown – manipulated variable Pink – responding variable Red – first controlled variable Blue – second CV Green – third CV Orange – fourth CV Purple – fifth CV

Materials List Red – tool used to measure responding variable Any questions about names of equipment?

Procedure Yellow – directions for how to set-up your equipment

Procedure Yellow – directions for how to set-up your equipment Red – directions how to control first CV

Procedure Yellow – directions for how to set-up your equipment Red – directions how to control first CV Blue – directions how to control second CV

Procedure Yellow – directions for how to set-up your equipment Red – directions how to control first CV Blue – directions how to control second CV Green – third CV

Procedure Yellow – directions for how to set-up your equipment Red – directions how to control first CV Blue – directions how to control second CV Green – third CV Orange – fourth CV

Procedure Yellow – directions for how to set-up your equipment Red – directions how to control first CV Blue – directions how to control second CV Green – third CV Orange – fourth CV Purple – fifth CV

Procedure Yellow – directions for how to set-up your equipment Red – directions how to control first CV Blue – directions how to control second CV Green – third CV Orange – fourth CV Purple – fifth CV Pink – directions for multiple trials

Procedure Yellow – directions for how to set-up your equipment Red – directions how to control first CV Blue – directions how to control second CV Green – third CV Orange – fourth CV Purple – fifth CV Pink – directions for multiple trials Brown – directions for safe and ethical disposal

Procedure Yellow – directions for how to set-up your equipment Red – directions how to control first CV Blue – directions how to control second CV Green – third CV Orange – fourth CV Purple – fifth CV Pink – directions for multiple trials Brown – directions for safe and ethical disposal Red – directions for analysis of data

Results Red – title on chart(s) and graph

Results Red – title on chart(s) and graph Blue – labels on chart(s) and graph

Results Red – title on chart(s) and graph Blue – labels on chart(s) and graph Green – units on chart(s) and graph

Results Red – title on chart(s) and graph Blue – labels on chart(s) and graph Green – units on chart(s) and graph Orange – uncertainty on chart(s) and graph

Results Red – title on chart(s) and graph Blue – labels on chart(s) and graph Green – units on chart(s) and graph Orange – uncertainty on chart(s) and graph Pink – qualitative data

Results Red – title on chart(s) and graph Blue – labels on chart(s) and graph Green – units on chart(s) and graph Orange – uncertainty on chart(s) and graph Pink – qualitative data Purple – annotations under chart and graph (How did you determine your uncertainty? What do the error bars represent on your graph?

Results Red – title on chart(s) and graph Blue – labels on chart(s) and graph Green – units on chart(s) and graph Orange – uncertainty on chart(s) and graph Pink – qualitative data Purple – annotations under chart and graph Brown – sample calculation with units (including the propagation of uncertainty)

Conclusion Red – restatement of focused question

Conclusion Red – restatement of focused question Blue – answer to focused question

Conclusion Red – restatement of focused question Blue – answer to focused question Green – data to justify conclusion

Conclusion Red – restatement of focused question Blue – answer to focused question Green – data to justify conclusion Orange – discussion of how confident you are in your data, including uncertainty and comparison to accepted scientific context

Conclusion Red – restatement of focused question Blue – answer to focused question Green – data to justify conclusion Orange – discussion of how confident you are in your data, including uncertainty and comparison to accepted scientific context Purple – explanation of your results

Conclusion Red – restatement of focused question Blue – answer to focused question Green – data to justify conclusion Orange – discussion of how confident you are in your data, including uncertainty and comparison to accepted scientific context Purple – explanation of your results Yellow - limitations of your conclusions

Evaluation Red – describe at least one strength of your procedure

Evaluation Red – describe at least one strength of your procedure Blue/Green/Orange – 1st, 2nd, 3rd error Procedural Weakness or Error Effect on Results Realistic and Relevant Suggestion for Improvement Uncertainty!

Bibliography Complete citations for any resources used in your background, developing your procedure, and/or drawing your conclusions.

Communication Report is well structured and clear Report is relevant and concise Use of subject-specific terminology and conventions are appropriate and correct NOTE: All pages must be unidentifiable. No names on any pages of lab.