InvestigateYourProblem

This will help you organize everything you know so far and need to know to help you design your experiment and write a hypothesis statement.  **Definition.** A hypothesis is a statement that predicts the outcome of your experiment, and is informed by the research you have done on your topic. 1 ** . **Develop a research strategy** Build on the research you have already done on your subject matter and questions. List any questions you need answered before you can formulate your experiment. What is known or unknown about the problem you are going to study? Try to discover the answers to your questions using the library and Internet. Make sure you can justify why you are studying this problem by composing a rationale.  **Definition.** A rationale is an argument for why your research problem is worthy of investigation, informed by the research you have done on your topic. Step 3: Research your process ** Has anyone done this experiment before? What worked or did not work? What materials will you need? How do you get those materials? Where will you do the experiment? How long will it take? What tools will you use to measure or test your problem? What type of data will you need to collect and how will you collect it? Collect all of the information you can. **Worksheet**. Use the [|Research Your Process worksheet] to capture the answers to these questions.
 * Worksheet.** Use the [|Investigate Your Problem worksheet] to develop your research strategy and identify what you need to know about your problem.
 * 2 ** . **Research your problem**
 * Worksheet.** Don't forget to use the Research Collection worksheets for [|web sites] and [|print materials] to keep track of your findings.