1. A guide to completing your Scientific Method Booklet!
Penny Lab
A guide to completing your Scientific Method Booklet!

2. Page 1: Title Page You Need… Title (that relates to the lab) Your Name
Partner’s Name
Section
Due Date

3. Example Title: Penny Lab Name: Shelly Flynn Partner: Jane Dolan
Section: 7-6
Due: September 30, 2014

4. Page 2: Research You need…
Problem Statement (what you are trying to figure out)
Research (background information)
At least two facts with citations
Name of article, book, or web link

5. Example Problem Statement: Research:
How many drops can fit on a penny?
Research:
Pennies are made of copper. (
Pennies are round. (

6. Page 3: Hypothesis You need…
Your Hypothesis (guess for what will happen)
If (I do this), then (this will happen)
because (of this reason).

7. Example
Hypothesis:
If I use different liquids to drop onto the penny, then the number of drops the penny can hold will be different because the different liquids act differently.

8. Page 4: Procedure You need…
Safety: What do you need to be careful with?
Set Up Sketch: Show how the equipment was set up for the lab (drawing).
Procedure: Steps we took.
Clean Up: What do you have to do to clean up?

9. Example Safety: Always use goggles. Set Up Sketch: Procedure:
Put on goggles.
Place a piece of paper under the penny.
Place the penny tails side up.
Clean Up:
Rinse all pennies under cold water.
Rinse all droppers.

10. Page 5: Data Collection You need… Two Data Tables: Your Observations:
Your Data and Data from three other groups
Your Observations:
What you saw
Sketches (drawings) of what you observed

11. Example
Data Tables:
Observations: We noticed that the pennies held more water than expected.
Sketches:

12. Page 6: Analysis You need…
Two Bar Graphs: One for your data and the data of the three groups you observed.
Inferences: What can you figure out from the graphs?

13. Example Two Bar Graphs:
Inferences: We could fit more water drops on the penny than alcohol drops.

14. Page 7: Conclusion (1 of 2) You need… A Conclusion:
Restate the Problem
Explain whether your results agree or disagree with your hypothesis (your original guess).

15. Example Conclusion: Problem: How many drops can fit on a penny?
Water = 15 drops
Alcohol = 12 drops
My hypothesis was correct as the number of drops depended on the liquid we used.

16. Page 7: Conclusion (2 of 2) You need… List any Errors you faced
Two Questions you still want to know
New and Cool:
What is one thing you learned?
What did you think was cool?

17. Example Errors: Questions: New and Cool: We did not count right.
The dropper was sticking.
Questions:
What if we used a quarter instead of a penny?
What is the highest number of drops anyone ever counted?
New and Cool:
I learned how to graph data.
I thought the eye dropper was cool.

18. Page 8: Back Cover
You can use this if you need more room for any other pages OR
Have some fun and be creative….never leave it blank!