Desert survivors

Adaptation investigation
planner

Team members’ names: _______________________________ Date: ___________

What are you trying to find out?

What is your question for investigation? What do you predict will happen? Explain why.

What happens to

when we change

? Give scientific reasons for your predictions

To make the test fair, what things (variables) are you going to:
Change? Measure/Observe? Keep the same?

Change only one thing What would the change affect? Which variables will you control?

What equipment will you need?

• • •
• • •
• • •

What are you going to do?

Copyright © Australian Academy of Science, 2014. ISBN 978 0 85847 328 7 Resource sheet 9
 Desert survivors

Adaptation investigation
planner
Recording results

Presenting results
Title: _________________________________________

Explaining results

How would you summarise your results?

Did your results match your prediction? Why?

Evaluating the investigation

What problems did you have? How might you improve the investigation (fairness, accuracy)?

Copyright © Australian Academy of Science, 2014. ISBN 978 0 85847 328 7 Resource sheet 9