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 listDay 2 (1/19/2011): Find out the research topicsDay 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, conclusionDay 7 (1/26/2011): future researchDay 8 & 9 (1/27 & 1/28): putting the board together for

presentations on MONDAY!!

Example Data TableDate Description of

plantsAverage height of plants (in mm)

Level of maze

1-19-11 Planted in box 0 0

1-22-11 Sprouted 4 1

1-23-11 Tall, 2 leafs 7 1

1-25-11 Tall, 4 leaves 9 2

***You may need more than one data table and graph, depending on your experiment…

Example Graph

Day 1 Day 4 Day 5 Day 70

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Plant 1Plant 2Plant 3

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