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Science Fair Project
(Place title of your project here)
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Problem
State the Purpose of the Project here
 Write a statement that describes what you
want to do. Use your observations and
questions to write the statement.
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Identify Variables
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· Based on your gathered information,
make an educated guess about what types of
things affect the system you are working
with.
Hypothesis Statement
Form a Hypothesis
 · A hypothesis is a question which has been
reworded into a form that can be tested by
an experiment.
 · There is usually one hypothesis for each
question you have.
 · You must do at least one experiment to
test each hypothesis. This is a very
important step.
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Design Experiments to Test Your
Hypothesis
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· For an experiment to give answers you can trust,
it must have a "control."
A control is a neutral "reference point" for
comparison that allows you to see what changing a
variable does by comparing it to not changing
anything.
· Experiments are often done many times to
guarantee that what you observe is reproducible,
or to obtain an average result.
Some Guidelines for
Experimental Procedures
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· Select only one thing to change in each
experiment. Things that can be changed are called
variables.
· Change something that will help you answer
your questions. The procedure must tell how you
will change this one thing.
· The procedure must explain how you will
measure the amount of change. Each experiment
should have a "control" for comparison that you
can see what the change actually did.
Materials and Equipment
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· Make a list of the things you need to do
the experiment, and describe their
preparation.
Experiments and Data
· As you do experiments, record all
numerical measurements made.
 · If you are not making any measurements,
you probably are not doing an experimental
science project.
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Your Observations and
Calculations
· Observations can be written descriptions
of what you noticed during an experiment,
or problems encountered.
 · Keep careful notes of everything you do
and everything that happens.
 · Do any calculations needed from your
raw data to obtain the numbers you need to
draw your conclusions.
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Lessons Learned
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Draw Conclusions
· Using the trends in your experimental data and your
experimental observations, try to answer your original
questions.
· Other Things You Can Mention in the Conclusion
If your hypothesis is not correct, what could be the answer
to your question?
Summarize any difficulties or problems you had doing the
experiment.
Do you need to change the procedure and repeat your
experiment?
What would you do different next time?
List other things you learned
Bibliography
A bibliography is an alphabetical list of all the sources used in your
research.
Sources are alphabetized by author or by title if no author is given.
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Books: One Author:
Hoving, Thomas. Tutankhamun. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978.
More than One Author :
Cooper, Robert K. and Leslie L. Cooper. Low-Fat Living. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press,
1996.
No Author Given:
The Amazing Universe. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1991.
PERIODICALS:
Begley, Sharon. "A Healthy Dose of Laughter." Newsweek 4 Oct. 1987: 65.
"A Walk Across America: Part II." National Geographic August, 1979: 52.
PERIODICALS ONLINE:
"Human Cloning?". Maclean's 28 December 1998: 110. [Online] Available
http://nettrekker.com
March 21, 2000.
NEWSPAPER:
Collins, Glenn. "Single Father Survey." New York Times 21 November 1986: 20.
"Low Cholesterol Level Key." Providence Journal-Bulletin 24 November 1987: A6.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES: Print and CD-ROM:
"Animal Rights." World Book Encyclopedia. 1990 edition.
Stemple, James. "Solar Energy." Book of Popular Science. 1990.
"Wyoming." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM, 1996 edition.
PAMPHLET: (Usually the same as book with no author given)
Smoking and Your Lungs. Providence, Rhode Island: American Lung
Association, 1991.
ONLINE SERVICES and the INTERNET:
Gordon, Daniel. "Acid Rain." Compton's Living Encyclopedia. [Online]
America Online. Mar. 6, 1997.
"Plant Extracts." [Online] Available
http://www.sciences.com/scidata/edu.html February 23, 1997.
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Other examples: Research Central
Required Sources
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One Media Center Book
One Media Center Reference Source
One Online Encyclopedia
One Periodical online from Galileo Searchasaurus
Plus
One SIRS Article from Galileo
One website obtained from Galileo or Nettrekker
One website from Google with a filled out
evaluation.
Save your work
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Look for interesting pictures for your slides
and save them to the folder on the Mac’s
LaCie ‘d’ drive or the PC’s Patron drive.
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Take notes from this work for your slides by
typing in Word or copying and pasting from
a web site. BeWARE of plagiarism (put
notes in your own words no copying word
for word!)
Are you ready to conquer your
fears?
Can you find these in the Media
Center?
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Card catalog? HMS
Magazines?
Non-Fiction Books?
Reference Encylcopedias?
Reference Science Sets?
Your Subject?
Galileo-don’t forget your
password?
NetTrekker-don’t forget your
login?
Google-best place for images on
the web?
Where to save your work?
Question: What would be worse than
being covered with 50 tarantulas?
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Look for
interesting
pictures for
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you go along!