Internal Assessment

Semester 1

You must Design and Execute one experiment selected from the following objectives.

The experiment should be designed such that it is possible to execute it at home. No time will be allowed in the lab for this experiment.

Each student must design and execute their own individual investigation.

You must identify all the relevant variables in your experiment:

• independent
• dependent
• controlled

A proposal containing an outline of your experiment, the list of variables and the procedure you plan to follow, must be submitted before October 31st.

You must write an individual lab report, according to the IB Internal Assessment Criteria.

Deadline: the lab report should be handed in to Rémi Poirierbefore the last day of the semester.

Choose one of the following objective:

Topic 1:

Investigate one parameter influencing the size of a crater.

Topic 2:

Investigate one parameter influencing the elasticity of a rubber band.

Topic 3:

Investigate one parameter influencing the deflection of a cantilever.

Topic 4:

Investigate one parameter influencing the fall of a paper helicopter.