When The Science Project Data Doesn’t ‘Look Right’
A student doing the “A Slice of Ice” experiment emailed me last week with some concerns about his results. According to his calculations, his results did NOT prove what he expected. He had hypothesized that pieces of ice with the greatest surface area would melt first. His data did not back that up, and he [...]
Great Reasons To Do A Science Project With Your Kid Today
The following is an article by Chuck Lunsford.
Every science project is based on the scientific method, which is a step-by-step procedure that is used to prove or disprove your theory. Scientists in every aspect of science use the scientific method for every project that they work on.
The scientific method consists of the following steps:
Step one:
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Writing the Hypothesis for an Experiment
In our science project guides, we give you step by step instructions for doing your project, starting with the hypothesis and ending with the conclusion. We don’t, however, give you what the hypothesis should be. Sometimes customers ask us why.
The reason is simple – the hypothesis is an educated guess – YOUR educated guess, and [...]