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What's the plan? : designing your experiment / Natalie Hyde.

by Hyde, Natalie, 1963-

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Crabtree Pub., c2010.

Science -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature.

Science -- Methodology -- Juvenile literature.

Step into science (Crabtree Publishing Company)

9780778751540 (reinforced lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

0778751546 (reinforced lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

9780778751694 (pbk. : alk. paper)

0778751694 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Alternate title:

Designing your experiment

32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes index.

The scientific method -- What kind of experiment? -- Variables -- Many or few? -- Controls -- Let's experiment! Magnetic paper clips -- Tools of the trade -- Where are you? -- It's about time -- What do you see? -- Let's experiment! Chalk chomp -- Now what? -- Keeping a journal.

It is essential that scientists design a plan to ensure their experiments are conducted accurately and safely. Readers will learn how to gather materials, and create a step-by-step procedure to test their hypothesis. Readers will become familiar with controls and variables in a scientific setting.

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