My Science Project Journal
Name:______________________________________
Use the worksheet to stay organized and on task.
1. Question: (What do you want to find out?)
2. Research:
The question I plan to answer with my experiment is:
Go to the library, perform Internet research, or interview
an expert to gather information about your topic. Keep
notes on your findings on the last page of this journal.
List the resources that you used to find your information
below.
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3. Research Notes:
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4. Hypothesis: (Educated Guess. What do you think
5. Variables:
will happen?)
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My independent variable, or the one thing I plan to
change is:
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My dependent variable, or the change I will measure is:
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My controlled variables, or the things I will keep the
same, are:
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6. Plan the Experiment:
Materials:
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Procedures:
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7. Observations: (Write down any thing that you might have observed during your experiment.)
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9. Conclusion:
8. Data:
What
did you learn from your experiment result? Does your conclusion support your hypothesis? If not, based on
You may
notwhat
needwould
all the be
rows
in new
this data
table. If you do need more rows, ask your teacher for a second copy of
your
results,
your
hypothesis?
this worksheet. If this table doesn’t seem right for your project ask your teacher for help.
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Dependent
Variable
Independent independent
variable
Variable
Trial 1
(Describe the thing that
affect
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you will
change in your
experiment)
dependent variable
Trial 2
does/ does not
Trial 3
My hypothesis was
Average
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your trials. Then divide by
three)
supported/ not supported
I thought (what would happen)
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What really happened was (what did happen)
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I noted (odd, unusual, new, or different results)
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I learned (according to my results)
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independent variable
did/did not
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dependent variable
Due Date____________ √Completed:__________________
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Teacher signature:______________________________________________
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