Science Fair Idea Hardest to think of…. What do you like to do? No vertebrates….unless prior approval from Mrs. Steen by Nov. 11

Scientific Method Methodology Statement of purpose and hypothesis Analysis of data Summary Application

Statement of Purpose and Hypothesis What effect _______ has on _______ ? WHAT do you think will happen? (Nill)

Good vs. Bad Questions How is one brand of battery different from another? Which battery lasts longer? Timed trials….. Is skating good exercise? How much does your heart rate go up during 15 minutes of skating…..

METHODOLOGY 5 references Maintain a LOGBOOK…… date…. WHAT EQUIPMENT DO I NEED HOW TO DO THE EXPERIMENT what do you need to measure how are you going to measure how accurate is your measurement

DO THE EXPERIMENT Logbook…. Dates Observations Data Pictures Measurements Independent variable – describe the thing that you will change in your experiment Dependent variable – the change that you will measure Controlled variables are the things you keep the same.

Summarize your data

Summary + conclusion write up a brief overview of your project. It states your title, purpose, hypothesis, a brief description of your methodology, and your conclusions. . If you have evidence from someone else/s research you need to include that information in here also……. This will be around 300 words for so…..

Application – why is this important? SMASA Statement of purpose and hypothesis Methodology Analysis of data Summary Application

SDSU - Science Fair You create a display

MMS Science Fair: February 25 8:30-11:00 A.M. Interview times Why you choose your experiment? What were you testing? What happened? What would you further like to test?

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