Experimental Design
2026 season
Type: Lab
Divisions: B, C
Participants: Up to 2
Approx. Time: 50 minutes
Allowed Resources: No external resources; materials supplied by event supervisor. Eye protection as required. Verify current‑year rules.
Design-and-conduct experiment from provided materials and write up a quality report.
- Hypothesis; variables; controls; procedures
- Data collection; analysis; error and improvement
- Technical writing and organization
Allowed materials: No external notes typically; supplies provided; time management is critical.
Official references
Sample notesheet
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Study roadmap
- Drill practice prompts under strict timing
- Use a reproducible report structure and rubric
- Refine data/graphing and statistical language