Grade 4.

1 Science Report Text Planner

TITLE
: Sometimes a question or the name of the experiment.
INTRODUCTION:
A brief summary to describe the
purpose
for the experiment.
Could include the goal of the experiment.

QUESTION
:
What is the question you are trying to answer?

How does. affect?

HYPOTHESIS
:
Making a prediction for what might happen and why.

I predict
I think...

MATERIALS:
A list of tools you need to perform the experiment
Be sure to tell the quantity of each item.

PROCEDURE:
Step by step instructions to describe how to perform the
experiment.
Use doing words. (
Unscrew, Place, Hold, Put, Drop, Pour, Mix,
etc
)
OBSERVATIONS:

Describing what you saw during experiment.

I noticed
I saw
I observed
I witnessed
When.., this happened...

RESULTS:
List or chart of data collected during the experiment. This could
include photographs or videos of your experiment.
Were your results different than your hypothesis?
Interpret your results.
This happened because

DIAGRAM
:
A picture to show how to set-up the experiment, including labels
and captions.

CONCLUSIONS:
Why did this happen?
Write what the results might mean.
This section may require some additional research and further
questions.
-scientific vocabulary (energy words)
Think about the central idea: Energy is the ability to do work.
Final statement to wrap up your findings.

THEORY: Once an experiment has been performed many times

with the same results, a theory can be created.

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