Name and Class:___________________________The grade I’ve asked for is:

4^th GRADE AT-HOME SCIENCE EXPERIMENT: (Circle one) 1^st 2^nd 3^rd 4^th Quarter

I have looked at my experiment sample and have followed these directions…

MECHANICS:

My experiment is typed on the computer. (Don’t turn it in if it is not.)

_____ My paper has a complete, correct heading. (+5)

_____I have written the correct title and I skipped a line after it. (+5)

_____I have skipped the correct number of lines between sections. (+1 for each…total 5)

_____I have underlined my subtitles, and I did not start writing on the same lines as the subtitles.

(+1 for each…total 6 )

CONTENT:

_____My “Question” contains specific statements about what I want to find out. (+5)

_____My “Hypothesis” contains specific statements about what I predict will happen. (+5)

_____My “Materials” are written in measurable amounts…numbers, ounces, cups, tsp. Etc. (+5)

_____My “Procedure” is written in numbered steps, not in paragraph form. (+5)

_____I ran each test or observation at least three times. (+10)

_____My “Results” tell exactly what I saw happen…NOT why it happened. (+5)

_____Results from my three runs are put into the “Results” section in a list and they are stated in

measurable numbers or form. (+10)

_____I have written a “Conclusion” that tells whether my hypothesis was correct or not. It answers

my question. (+5)

_____My “Conclusion” contains a “because…” statement that explains WHY I got the results that

I did or explains the information shown in my chart or graph. (+10)

_____My parent signed this checklist. (+5)____________________________________________

ADDITIONAL CREDIT:

_____I thought of this experiment and designed how I would do it from my own idea.(+10)

( A parent must initial in this blank: _____________ for you to get the ten points. )

_____I put the results from my three tests into a chart or a graph instead of just a list. (+5)

_____I turned in my experiment at least two weeks before the due date. (+5)