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      Marking Guidelines                  | Range | A student: | 
                  | High |          describes the purpose of the investigation and states a testable question or hypothesis relevant to the identified purposedescribes a logical procedure to test the stated question or hypothesis and obtain reliable data identifying all equipment and risk prevention strategiespresents data clearly with correct units and includes relevant tables, diagrams and/or graphs showing  trends/relationshipsprovides a detailed analysis  of results, with clear use of cause and effect relationships to explain results and future improvements to the procedureprovides a valid conclusion relating to the question or hypothesis and is supported/discounted based on the results  | 
            | Satisfactory |          identifies the purpose of the investigation and a related question or hypothesisdescribes a procedure to test the question, identifying variables that are held constant, a range of appropriate equipment and assessment of riskpresents data clearly with correct units in an appropriate format including some tables, graphs and/or diagramsprovides a simple analysis  of the results, including cause and effect relationships and identifies some ways that the procedure and results could have been improvedprovides a conclusion that relates to the results but is not referenced to the question or hypothesis  | 
            | Progressing |          states a purpose for the investigation and a question or hypothesisoutlines a procedure that includes some variables, limited equipment and a limited risk assessmentpresents data but in the methods used not all headings/diagrams/units are appropriate or completeprovides an outline of results, cause and effect relationships and/or improvements to the procedure.provides a conclusion that is not supported with reference to the results and/or question or hypothesis |