Scientific Method for Kids To
Research Science Fair Projects

Do you need help doing your scientifc method for your kids science fair project? If so, then you have come to the right place. Detective Intuit at your service.

I was Detective ThinkMore's protégé. You may know me from my Super Science Fair Projects ebook. Anyway, ThinkMore's on vacation so I'm here to outline the steps of the scientific method. Before we begin, let's make an important distinction. There is a difference between pure research and performing a task. Researchers do not have an outcome or solutions in mind when they make their hypothesis. Whatever the findings turn up after their experiment is done, they say, "Oh, OK".

Thomas Edison performed a task. He was looking for a specific outcome. He wanted to make a light bulb that would last for hours. Do you see the difference?

Now you know why science fair projects are so much fun! You are asked to do pure research.

The scientific method is the way scientists get from asking a question to finding an answer. Make a guess - hypothesis. Take a look- observations. Write down observations - data. Make a picture of what you observed - graph, charts, tables. Decide what it means - conclusions.

Scientific Method for Kids Outline

Step 1, Part 1: Do Science Fair Project and Research which involves scientific literature and learning what other research as been done on your topic. This page outlines where to find all the literature.

Step 1. Part 2: Now that you have some background information, you are ready to consult with experts. This can be found on the high school science fair projects page, but as middle school and collage at students you will enjoy asking the experts questions. They can give you more information on your topic as well as on various aspects of the scientific method for kids. On this page you will have access to over 30 experts that you can contact.

Step 2: Are you ready to ask the Big Question.

Step 3: Once your big question is written you are ready to write your Science Experiments for Kids Hypothesis

Step 4:
Here comes the fun stuff.
You finally get to do your science project experiment.






Step 4A Observe







Step 5:
Here is what you do to interpret your data.




Step 6: What is great about doing a science fair experiment is that there is no right or wrong answer. All you do is observe then draw conclusions.

I love helping kids to help themselves through the process of doing the scientific method for kids science fair projects. So... if you've never done a science fair project before, it has been a while, or you just want to be sure you do a really great job, start at the beginning - Super Science Fair Projects - so that you won't miss any of my Top Secret Files. They give tips on what makes a great science fair project. This way you will know ahead of time what will be expected of you.

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