Ms. Esquibel Science Teacher Upper Grades Science Fair Packet Ms. Esquibel Science Teacher Upper Grades

Dear students Please Go to: www.cssf.org here you will find all of the information necessary for conducting your Science Fair project. On left hand side click on Categories to find out which category title your project falls under. (You will need this information for your Abstract and Title Page). You will also need to choose if your project is design or experimental.   On left hand side click on Specifications for information your exhibit design and evaluation. On left hand side click on Documents, under documents click on: Sample of research summary title page. Click on checklist to find the arrangement/ order of your paper Abstract and Safety Sheets (type this information in a word document, then copy and paste it to the Abstract and Safety sheets and print them out they won’t SAVE) GO to MY NAME ON THE DURKIN PARK website I WILL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED THERE FOR SCIENCE FAIR there. I will have 2 examples of what excellent SCIENCE FAIR papers should look like in. You can find information including citing your work and references you will need as well as all other important information. You should have 8-10 resources/BOOKS. ONLY 2 of your resources can be internet based and they must end with one of the following: .edu, .org, or .gov, I will not accept .com .wiki these are not reliable sources. Your other resources should be from encyclopedias, text book, books, magazines, journals, newspaper etc. GO to the library and ask for help. Please put your best effort forward in order to get the best grade possible starting in FIRST QUARTER in September of the new school year! Remember this assignment is part of your grade. Those of you that got your topics approved should already be half way done with your research/project, DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE !!!!

Paper Layout The research summary must be typed 5-8 pages, (hand written work WILL NOT be Accepted), using double space ( hit the space bar 1x after each word you type, 2x’s after each period, & hit enter 1x in between a new paragraph), on only one side of each sheet of paper, using a standard font and size, such as Times New Roman and 12 point font.   ** Remember for your poster board your font should be larger 20-36 pt. ft. A 1” inch margin must be maintained on the left and right sides, top, and bottom of each page. All pages must be numbered and referenced in the Table of Contents. The student’s last name and the title of the project must be typed at the top left of the Table of Contents. Each page should have the student’s last name and title of the paper at the top left of each page (Example, Smith: The Effect of Sunlight on Plants). Use the last name of the student listed on the abstract. For your poster board you will need a SECOND COPY of each of the following sheets: abstract, safety, purpose, hypothesis, procedure, results in words as well as graphed and a conclusion. NO PLAGERISM: Plagiarism is when you copy someone else’s words and use them as your own. This is illegal! You will get a ZERO/F on your paper (40POINTS OFF). When you are doing research, be sure to put the information you find into your own words. If you really like the way an author wrote something and you don’t want to change it, put it in “quotes”. Quotes tell the reader that you copied a sentence word for word and that it’s ok, as long as it is in quotes. However don’t do this too often in your paper. Remember to “CITE” your paper. See PLAGIARISM.org