What are the 6 steps of the scientific method?

Ask a question, do research, form a hypothesis, test with an experiment, analyze the data, and draw a conclusion and share the results. The 3rd grade steps sheet has students put them in order and match each one to part of a ball-bounce experiment.

How do kids write a hypothesis?

Use the frame If, then, because: if I change this, then this will happen, because of this reason. The if part is what you change, and the then part is what you measure. The hypothesis sheet walks through one example, then gives four testable questions to try.

A fair test changes only one thing and keeps everything else the same, so you know that one change caused the result. The thing you change is the independent variable, what you measure is the dependent variable, and what you keep the same are the controlled variables.

Do these worksheets have answer keys?

Eight of the thirteen do, the ones with a right answer, such as ordering the steps, observation or inference, and identifying variables. The experiment sheets and the science fair planner use each student's own data, so they have no key.

4th Grade Scientific Method Worksheets

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These scientific method worksheets are for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade. Students order the six steps, tell observations from inferences, write if, then, because hypotheses and name the independent, dependent and controlled variables in a fair test. Hands-on experiments with paper towels, paper airplanes and sugar give them real data to graph, and later sheets ask for a conclusion with a claim and evidence, plus a planner for a science fair project.

Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

Grade4th Grade

TopicScientific Method

Science Fair Project Planner

Grade4th Grade

TopicScientific Method

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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4th Grade Scientific Method Worksheets

Fair Test or Not?

Identify the Variables

Observation or Inference?

Scientific Method Vocabulary

The 6 Steps of the Scientific Method

Write a Hypothesis

Analyze Data and Write a Conclusion

Dissolving Sugar Experiment

Experiment Record Sheet (3-5)

Graph Your Experiment Results

Paper Towel Absorbency Experiment

Plan a Fair Test: Paper Airplanes