1. Writing in Science HOW TO WRITE AN ABSTRACT, BACKGROUND, METHODS, AND CONCLUSION

2. Why do we write in science?  Help present our experiment or what we’ve observed  Tell other people about science findings  Keep a record of what we found for future use by other people

3. What is a Background?  The background is a short summary in order to inform or teach people about the whole experiment.  The background is like a movie trailer or the back of a book-it tells the reader/listener a summary without telling them all the details or how it ends

4. Think Back-What was our experiment?

5. Writing your background-What did WE do?  Who are we?  What experiment or observations did we do?  Where did we do the experiment or observation?  Why was the experiment or observations done?  BIG IDEA: What’s so important about our experiment or observation? Why does this matter to us and to the people we are presenting to?

6. What are Methods?  The methods is used to tell people exactly how the experiment or observation was done  Methods are like a recipe or instructions on how the experiment was done

7. Think Back-How did we do our experiment?

8. Writing your methods-How did we do our experiment?  How did we do the experiment or make observations?  How long did we do the experiment?  What tools did we use?  What measurements did we make?  What data did we find?

9. What is a conclusion?  The conclusion explains some things that were found or what was learned  This combines the background and the methods by explaining what the goal or reason for the experiment was, what data was found, and why this data is important

10. Think Back-How would we explain this to a friend?

11. Writing your conclusion-What did we learn?  What was the goal or reason why we did the experiment?  What data did we find?  What does the data mean? (trends, such as water freezes when it gets really cold)  What can we learn from this?  What can we do in the future to learn more?

12. What is an abstract?  This is a short summary of everything, like writing a book summary or explaining a show to your friend-there isn’t a lot of detail but it still tells what happened

13. Think Back-What was our experiment, what did we do, and what did we learn?

14. Writing your abstract-Summary of the experiment  What experiment or observations did we do?  Who are we and where did we do the experiment?  Why was the experiment or observations done and why is it important?  How long did we do the experiment?  What tools did we use and what did these measure?  What data did we find?  What was our conclusion?