Scientific Method Experiment Sheet
Name: ____________________________________
Date: _______________________
Purpose or Problem – What is your experiment about? or What
question are you trying to answer? (Example: Does water and oil mix
together?)
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Hypothesis (Educated Guess) – What do you think is going to
happen?
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Procedure - What are you doing in the experiment?
Step-by-step
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Materials - What materials are you using?
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Results - What happened during the Experiment?
Draw a picture or pictures of what happened:
Conclusion – What happened in the experiment and was your
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hypothesis (guess) correct?
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Steps of the Scientific Method
Scientist: _____________________________________ Date: ______________
Title/Problem – Question or observation that causes you to perform the experiment:
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Hypothesis – From what you have learned and your own observation, what do you think is
going to happen?
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Materials used for Experiment:
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Procedure - What are the steps in conducting the experiment – in order?
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2. _____________________________________________________________
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Results - What happened during the Experiment? Show results of experiment in a chart or
pictures
Conclusion - What happened at the end of the Experiment?
Was your hypothesis correct?
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Is there anything you would change if you conducted a future experiment?
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