1. Saving your science fair project. Must save on your flashdrive to work on at home If you are using google docs you can use the google drive to save You can create a prezi or any other presentation tool that you have learned about this year

2. Title name of group members Grade: 7 th or 8 th grade Teacher: Kotarski St. Barnabas School Move:

3. How to write a purpose statement: The Purpose Statement should explain what it is you are trying to discover or prove. The Purpose should be written in a form of a statement. Try to make your statement original and creative. The statement should clearly explain: 1.The problem that you are trying to solve with your experiment. 2.Why you want to do this experiment. 3.How you think the information gained from the experiment will help other people. Example of a Purpose Statement: The purpose of this experiment was to find out how the density of plant cover affects soil erosion. I became interested in this experiment when the hillside next to our yard began to erode. The information from this experiment will help people to determine how many plants they should plant on their yards hillside. Fill in the statements on the next slide to write a quality purpose statement. Then DELETE THIS SLIDE!!

4. Purpose The purpose of this experiment was to I became interested in this experiment when The information gained from this experiment will help others by

5. Question Insert the question you are investigating here.

6. How to write a quality Hypothesis: The Hypothesis is an educated guess that tries to answer a question or solve a problem that you are trying to find out more about. The hypothesis is done after you do your research on a specific topic and before you do any experimenting. EXAMPLE: –My hypothesis is that grass will do a better job at preventing soil erosion on the hillside than shrubs. I base my hypothesis on the idea that there are more roots in the grass than the shrubs. DELETE THIS SLIDE WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH YOUR HYPOTHESIS.

7. Hypothesis My hypothesis is if…., then …. I base my hypothesis on

8. Materials

9. Procedure 1.List numerically! 2.List numerically!

10. Results 1. data table 2. graph 3. pictures and videos (you will need to use separate slides for each)

11. How to write a conclusion: What is a conclusion? A conclusion is a reexamination of your original hypothesis in regards to the data you have collected. Your conclusion will continue by describing how your results prove or disprove your hypothesis. Your conclusion included what questions you have developed in doing the experiment. It also includes how you might change your experiment if you were to continue this topic in order to explore those questions that you developed during the experiment. Example of a conclusion: My hypothesis was that grass would do a better job at preventing soil erosion on the hillside than shrubs. I base my hypothesis on the idea that there are more roots in the grass than the shrubs. The results indicate that this hypothesis should be considered false. The dense amount of shrub cover shielded the underlying dirt better than the grass. Because of the results of this experiment, I wonder if different kinds of shrubs have the same effect on preventing erosion. If I were to conduct this science fair project again I would try both deciduous as well as coniferous shrubs.

12. Conclusion My hypothesis was The results indicate that this hypothesis should be considered (true or false) because Because of the results of this experiment, I wonder (write new questions) If I were to conduct this science fair project again I

13. Design Now that you are done typing all of the parts of your presentation board, you can work on making your design unique! Change fonts, colors, and sizes of your headings. Add pictures and graphics. When you print the powerpoint, print in black and white with multiple slides per sheet to save ink and paper.