RULE 3: UNDERSTAND IT Now it's time to start UNDERSTANDING and making sense out of your discoveries. Take out your Super Sleuth Detective Notebook and look at your notes. Examine everything you have collected. • Hunt for clues and patterns in your evidence. • What specific facts seem most important? Why? • Come up with a hypothesis--or theory. • Start by writing down your ideas and summarizing your conclusion--or findings. Use this printable Super Sleuth Summarizer and fill in the blanks.