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For a line graph, do you have to graph all trials and the averages, or just averages?
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line graph: trialsqwertyuiop1234567890 wrote:For a line graph, do you have to graph all trials and the averages, or just averages?
bar graph: averages
this lets you draw in your line of best fit with a line graph, which is generated from your trial points. Bar graphs should have only one bar per IV, so graph the averages
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I'm just wondering how people are preparing for this event because it seems as if my group and I aren't preparing "correctly". People have given us materials, and our goal would be to come up with an experiment, perform the experiment, and write the experiment in the 50 minutes. Are we preparing correctly? Should we get someone to give us a specific topic question and work from there?
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Is someone looking at your lab? You should get someone (teacher, or someone else familiar with a lab) to "grade" it on the official rubric so you know what you are consistently forgetting/missing. Add in a topic question, because you always get one at the competitions, so it's much closer to replicating the competition itself.mary5297 wrote:I'm just wondering how people are preparing for this event because it seems as if my group and I aren't preparing "correctly". People have given us materials, and our goal would be to come up with an experiment, perform the experiment, and write the experiment in the 50 minutes. Are we preparing correctly? Should we get someone to give us a specific topic question and work from there?
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Yes, we have been receiving feedback. We were just unsure if we were supposed to receive topic questions because from past experience, we were never given a topic question and were simply told to create a random experiment with the materials that were given, but thank you for the suggestions!Phys1cs wrote:Is someone looking at your lab? You should get someone (teacher, or someone else familiar with a lab) to "grade" it on the official rubric so you know what you are consistently forgetting/missing. Add in a topic question, because you always get one at the competitions, so it's much closer to replicating the competition itself.mary5297 wrote:I'm just wondering how people are preparing for this event because it seems as if my group and I aren't preparing "correctly". People have given us materials, and our goal would be to come up with an experiment, perform the experiment, and write the experiment in the 50 minutes. Are we preparing correctly? Should we get someone to give us a specific topic question and work from there?
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They do occasionally, but not always give topic questions. Sometimes they also give a theme... like "gravity" or "absorbency".mary5297 wrote:Yes, we have been receiving feedback. We were just unsure if we were supposed to receive topic questions because from past experience, we were never given a topic question and were simply told to create a random experiment with the materials that were given, but thank you for the suggestions!Phys1cs wrote:Is someone looking at your lab? You should get someone (teacher, or someone else familiar with a lab) to "grade" it on the official rubric so you know what you are consistently forgetting/missing. Add in a topic question, because you always get one at the competitions, so it's much closer to replicating the competition itself.mary5297 wrote:I'm just wondering how people are preparing for this event because it seems as if my group and I aren't preparing "correctly". People have given us materials, and our goal would be to come up with an experiment, perform the experiment, and write the experiment in the 50 minutes. Are we preparing correctly? Should we get someone to give us a specific topic question and work from there?
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Yeah, generally you'll want to have a theme or topic like you will at competition.
Practice like you play (and that means use graph paper for the graphs unlike my partner who sometimes forgets and draws out the axes himself on blank paper )
Practice like you play (and that means use graph paper for the graphs unlike my partner who sometimes forgets and draws out the axes himself on blank paper )
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They always give themes for us.XJcwolfyX wrote:They do occasionally, but not always give topic questions. Sometimes they also give a theme... like "gravity" or "absorbency".mary5297 wrote:Is someone looking at your lab? You should get someone (teacher, or someone else familiar with a lab) to "grade" it on the official rubric so you know what you are consistently forgetting/missing. Add in a topic question, because you always get one at the competitions, so it's much closer to replicating the competition itself.Phys1cs wrote:I'm just wondering how people are preparing for this event because it seems as if my group and I aren't preparing "correctly". People have given us materials, and our goal would be to come up with an experiment, perform the experiment, and write the experiment in the 50 minutes. Are we preparing correctly? Should we get someone to give us a specific topic question and work from there?
Yes, we have been receiving feedback. We were just unsure if we were supposed to receive topic questions because from past experience, we were never given a topic question and were simply told to create a random experiment with the materials that were given, but thank you for the suggestions!
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Yeah, it just depends on the supervisor. I've had plenty where there was no theme at all, and some where there is a rich back-story to the whole experiment... Those ones are always the most fun.
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