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Experimental Design: Creating Your Own Testable

Experiment

Experimental Design Using Advertisements

Creating Your Own Experiment

Now that you have had some practice thinking like a scientist, it is time to create your own experiment….

Magazine Ad- Experimental Design Project

To show what you know about experimental design, you will design an experiment to test

the claims in a magazine ad.

Procedure1. Select a magazine ad.2. Neatly cut out the advertisement.3. Design a valid experiment that focuses on what

the magazine ad is claiming. 4. Remember all that you have learned about a

controlled experiment.5. Create an Experimental Design Chart showing

the design of your valid experiment. Follow all instructions on your handout.

Procedure5. Write a complete list of steps to perform the

experiment. Things to consider:– How much product to apply or use– How to choose participants– How to measure the responses/ variables– # of trials– What are the constants and how would you control

them– What is the control– What types of experimental groups are used, etc.

ConstructExperimental Design Chart

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Group Member Names

Procedure

6. Peer Review your procedure with another group. Redraft your procedure based on the all revisions suggested.

7. Attach the ad and the procedure to the front of your poster.

Attach AD here

AttachProcedure

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Present Your Experimental Design

8. Present your project to the class9. Be prepared to answer questions from your

audience.