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

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

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

4. 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…..

5. 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

6. 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.

7. Summarize your data

8. 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…..

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

10. SDSU - Science Fair You create a display

12. 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?

13. Q and A