A question being asked that you want to find an answer for

Ex: Which toilet paper is the strongest?

Form a

Hypothesis

What you think the answer the question is going to be…

Make an educated guess

Example: I predict that Toilet Paper C will be the softest because it was the thickest. 

Create steps to see if our hypothesis was correct.  Doing the experiment.  You must remember to control your variables.   

Example: Put each toilet paper in water and stir untill disolved.  Repeat for each sample. 

organize data in a format that makes sense (graph, table, chart). 

Think about the results so they have meaning.

Example: Putting a score on each sample 1-5 

• State whether your hypothesis was correct,
• Share the results of your experiment,
• observations that may have affected the outcome of the lab. 

share your finding with others

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Example: write a report or tell parents

    The parts of the lab that could change and affect the outcome or results.