My Experiment Record Sheet (K-2)

Gather the materials listed on each sheet before class, and have students write or circle their prediction before they test. A grown-up helps with the ice experiment. Run the plant journal over ten days, measuring on the days shown. Finish each test by asking what happened and whether the prediction was right.

Five hands-on experiment sheets for 1st and 2nd grade, using everyday materials. 1st grade students test which of eight things stick to a magnet and keep a plant growth journal, measuring a bean plant in snap cubes on five days. 2nd grade students find where ice melts fastest using tally marks, test how far a toy car rolls from three ramp heights and color a bar graph, and use a blank record sheet for a test of their own. These are open-ended, so there are no answer keys.

Yes, both. We made it for 2nd Grade scientific method, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with experiments. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Testing which things stick to a magnet, measuring a bean plant with snap cubes as it grows, finding where ice melts fastest, and rolling a toy car down ramps of three heights. Each one uses everyday materials listed on the sheet.

A table keeps each result in its place, so children can compare them and see if their prediction was right. The ramp sheet goes one step further and turns the table into a bar graph.

Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade: three Kindergarten sheets, five for 1st grade and four for 2nd grade. The sheets for older students in 3rd to 5th grade are on the 4th grade scientific method page.

For young children, four steps: ask a question, predict what will happen, test it, and tell what happened. The 1st grade steps sheet teaches them with a plant that gets water and one that does not, and the experiment sheets follow the same order.

An observation is what you notice with your senses right now, like a leaf being green and smooth. A prediction is what you think will happen next, like a rock sinking in water. Children make a prediction first, then test it and check.

Everyday things: a tub of water and small objects for sink or float, a magnet, a bean seed in a cup of soil and snap cubes, ice cubes and small plates, and a toy car with a board, books and a measuring tape. Each sheet lists what you need, and a grown-up helps with the water and ice tests.

Five of the twelve do, the ones with a right answer, such as the five senses match and the question, prediction or result sort. The experiment and record sheets depend on each child's own results, so they have no key.