6th Grade: Scientific Method

"I see that the raspberries did not grow well this year" is which step of the SM?

One day I was putting away my clothes and noticed a ketchup stain. This is an...

This is the answer to your problem based on the outcome of your experiment.

These are made using the five senses. They create curiosity and lead to questions.

I learned from my experiment that Tide best washes the ketchup stain out of a shirt.

This is a well thought-out test that allows the scientist to find the answer to the problem.

Raspberry plants were placed in the same amount of sunlight and given different amounts of H2O.

Record the growth of the raspberry plants.

This is an educated guess about the answer to your problem.

"I wonder if Tide or All laundry soap will best clean the ketchup stain?" This is a

"I wonder why the raspberries did not grow well this year?" This is a...

These are documented changes that occurred in the experiment; data, tables, graphs are used.

I wash 2 of the same shirts with the same size ketchup stain in two different soaps for 5 mins.

"If the raspberries do not get enough rain then they will not grow." This is an example of...

Gather information on an interesting topic using the five senses.

Explanations about what you are observing.

The raspberry plant receiving the most water grew the biggest. This is the...

This is stated as a question. It is created from the curiosity that observations lead to.

If I use Tide and All laundry soaps then tide will best get out the stain. This is a

I make a chart and record what happened to the stain after washing in each soap.