Books in The Scientific Method in Action series

A hypothesis is an educated guess, and this volume breaks down the necessary steps to forming a good one. Chapters focus on showing kids how to make scientific observations, how to find good sources for research, and tips for staying organized. Students will learn how to test and revise a hypothesis for a science project, and how this part of the process leads to scientific discovery.

Sharing what you have learned through presentations, reports, or by participating in a science fair is the final step in the scientific method. Chapters explain techniques for assembling a presentation or report, including creating graphic organizers and models as visual aids. Readers will also learn how pooling knowledge is important to collaboration and scientific discovery.

Analysis means looking at the data from an experiment and determining if the results support or disprove your hypothesis. This volume explains how to do this through accurate data collection as well as exploring different methods of analyzing data, including creating graphic organizers. Kids will learn that analysis gives meaning to data as well as how to learn from mistakes and to refine an incorrect hypothesis.

Scientists conduct experiments to gather information that will prove or disprove their hypotheses. Chapters explain how experiments are set up with controls and variables, how to write up observations, ways to accurately record data for analysis, and the importance of repeating experiments and comparing results. An example experiment illustrates step by step how students can go about running an experiment for their own science project.

Scientists conduct experiments to gather information that will prove or disprove their hypotheses. Chapters explain how experiments are set up with controls and variables, how to write up observations, ways to accurately record data for analysis, and the importance of repeating experiments and comparing results. An example experiment illustrates step by step how students can go about running an experiment for their own science project.

Sharing what you have learned through presentations, reports, or by participating in a science fair is the final step in the scientific method. Chapters explain techniques for assembling a presentation or report, including creating graphic organizers and models as visual aids. Readers will also learn how pooling knowledge is important to collaboration and scientific discovery.

The focus in this book is on the first step of the scientific method. Readers will learn how to identify a topic that interests them and to narrow it down to a more specific question that they want to answer. They will learn how to make scientific observations, form scientific questions, conduct research, sort evidence and how to put all of these elements together to reach a hypothesis for a science project.

A hypothesis is an educated guess, and this volume breaks down the necessary steps to forming a good one. Chapters focus on showing kids how to make scientific observations, how to find good sources for research, and tips for staying organized. Students will learn how to test and revise a hypothesis for a science project, and how this part of the process leads to scientific discovery.

Analysis means looking at the data from an experiment and determining if the results support or disprove your hypothesis. This volume explains how to do this through accurate data collection as well as exploring different methods of analyzing data, including creating graphic organizers. Kids will learn that analysis gives meaning to data as well as how to learn from mistakes and to refine an incorrect hypothesis.

The focus in this book is on the first step of the scientific method. Readers will learn how to identify a topic that interests them and to narrow it down to a more specific question that they want to answer. They will learn how to make scientific observations, form scientific questions, conduct research, sort evidence and how to put all of these elements together to reach a hypothesis for a science project.