5th Grade Science Fair5th Grade Science Fair

2011-2012

What is a science fair?What is a science fair?

J. Glenn Edwards will be hosting a science fair, and your child will be participating! Each child will create a project that exemplifies all steps of the scientific method. The projects should be creative, neat, well organized, and clearly label the steps of the scientific method on a tri-fold poster board. Each step should have an explanation of what took place during that specific step.

Science Fair ScheduleScience Fair Schedule

December 16- Project Ideas dueFebruary 2- Projects due to school at

8AMFebruary 3-Parents Invited to view

projects and awards ceremony

Scientific MethodScientific Method

• http://www.brainpop.com/science/scientificinquiry/scientificmethod/

• Problem• Hypothesis• Experiment• Observation• Report• Conclusion

ProblemProblem

• State the Problem or ask a question. • What you think will happen.• The scientific method starts when you ask a question

about something that you observe: How, What, When, Who, Which, Why, or Where?

HypothesisHypothesis

• Make a Hypothesis (prediction) of what you think will happen. • A hypothesis is an educated guess about how things

work:• "If _____[I do this] _____, then _____[this]_____ will happen."

ExperimentExperiment

• Do the Experiment.

• To test a hypothesis, scientists do an experiment.

ObservationObservation

• Make Observations and record data.

• Observations are only what you see, hear, or measure.

ConclusionConclusion

• State your Conclusion.

• A conclusion is a summary that explains your data.

Finding a projectFinding a project

• http://www.brainpop.com/science/scientificinquiry/scienceprojects/

· http://www.sciencebuddies.com/· www.all-science-fair-projects.com/· www.ipl.org· http://school.discoveryeducation.com/

sciencefaircentral/ 

Tri-fold Board DisplayTri-fold Board Display

Title of Project

1. ProblemIdentify a problemWhat do you want to find out

2. HypothesisMake an intelligent guessWhat do you think will happen

3. MaterialsList materials you used

4. ProceduresWhat were the steps you used to solve the problem?

5. Data Collect Data from trials and test

6. ResultsWhat happened when you did your experiment

7. Conclusions

Answer to your problemWhat did you learn from your experiment and how is it

related to your life?