A hypothesis nothing could disprove is not a hypothesis.
The Fourfold Method is four moves applied to science. Gather asks what is already known and where it came from. Test asks what you predict, why, and what result would prove you wrong. Connect finds the same principle in another unit, another science, and the world outside the lab. Commit is data, observations, and what you can honestly conclude, including what you cannot.
Recording an experiment that failed, and why you think it failed, is better science than recording only the ones that worked.
Inside:
- The method explained, with a signed note from the author
- Vocabulary pages, plus formulas with what each symbol means
- Course map, materials, grades, and an hours log
- Twenty-six two-page entry spreads
- Nine full two-page lab reports: question, background, hypothesis and reasoning, method, data, observations, sources of error, and conclusion
- Four long-run observation logs
- Four graphing grids, because plotting by hand shows you things a table hides
- Four concept study pages for ideas that are not labs
- A running page of questions you cannot yet answer
- An index of entries, Looking Back pages, and a course description page for your transcript
What you receive
- A printable PDF, 112 pages including the cover, 8.5 × 11 inches, designed to print clearly in black and white on a home printer.
- A family license: print as many copies as your household needs, for every child, every year.
- Your file is available only from the download page. It is not sent through a link in your order confirmation email, so please download it from the download page.
A first edition, shaped by the families who use it
Written by Gina Steffy. This is a first edition, and we would love your help making the next one better. If a page is unclear, something is missing, or an idea would work better at your table, please tell us. We welcome every suggestion and will build the best of them into future editions.
Every purchase includes free updates. When a new edition is released, you will receive it at no additional cost.
Lisa Nehring and her husband, Dr. David Nehring, a Clinical Psychologist, and Biblical Scholar speak together on a wide variety of topics, including education, classical education, vision, mission, parenting, marriage, and more.
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