Science Fair Projects

Why should I care about the Science Fair?

Plan of Action Complete the Following Tasks by the dates listed below: Day 1 ( 1/ 18/2011): Pair up and pick topics, make materials list Day 2 (1/19/2011): Find out the research topics Day 3 (1/20/2011): Research DONE Day 4 (1/21/2011): Hypothesis, Materials Day 5 (1/24/2011): data tables and graphs Day 6 (1/25/2011): discussion, conclusion Day 7 (1/26/2011): future research Day 8 & 9 (1/27 & 1/28): putting the board together for presentations on MONDAY!!

Example Data Table DateDescription of plants Average height of plants (in mm) Level of maze Planted in box Sprouted Tall, 2 leafs Tall, 4 leaves92 ***You may need more than one data table and graph, depending on your experiment…

Example Graph

Discussion You need to describe, in words, what your graphs tell about your topic What did you find?

Conclusion Is your hypothesis accepted or rejected? What does your experiment show about your topic? What kind of things did you learn from it? Did your experiment go as planned? If not, what should your results have been? What could you do next time to make the project better?

Future Research Based on your project, what could you research next to get more information about your topic? If you wanted to do another related project, what might that look like?

Abstract 200 words or less describing your experiment (summary) Needs to have a summary including: – Hypothesis – Procedures – Discussion – Conclusion – Future Research (possibly)

Innovation Project Components Purpose Research Sketches Blue Print Pictures of Products Reflection of production Improvements