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Sample Scientific Method Worksheet

Scientific Method Worksheet

Step 1: Put the steps of the scientific method in the correct order.

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Do background research

Construct a hypothesis

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Ask a question

Draw conclusions

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Test with an experiment

Analyze results

1. ________________________________

2. ________________________________

3. ________________________________

4. ________________________________

5. ________________________________

6. ________________________________

Step 2: Using the below synopsis, match each of the steps of the scientific method to its corresponding

statement.

Synopsis: Jenny has been working hard all summer on her tomato garden. Recently, she noticed that

insects have been eating her tomatoes and tomato plants and she is worried about spraying them with

harmful, store-bought pesticides.

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Jenny states that if she sprays her vegetables with a natural, homemade solution to help fight

the bug problem, then her vegetables will still grow to the same size as they would if she used

store bought pesticides____________________________

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Jenny sprays one third of her vegetables with store bought pesticides , one third of her

vegetables with her homemade solution, and does not spray the remaining third (her control

group) ____________________________

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After one week, Jenny compares and tests the differences in her

vegetables____________________________

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Jenny wonders how she can protect her plants from bugs without harming the

vegetables____________________________

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Jenny determines that her homemade solution was just as effective as the store-bought

pesticides____________________________

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Jenny goes to the library and looks up different kind of pesticides and their effect on

vegetables and also looks up natural remedies to help solve her bug

problem____________________________

Sample Scientific Method Worksheet