sciencefairprojectsforProj_thebasics.pdf

Hello everyone this is the science fair, project done by us.

1. Science Fair Projects

2. Choose a Topic
Pick a topic that:
Will be interesting.
You will be able to complete in the
required time.
(See your teacher for the timeline)

3. Title
Choose a title that reflects
your topic and is in the form a
question
Example: How does caffeine affect
the growth of a plant?

4. Purpose
Write 1 to 3 sentences describing what
you want to find out in this project.
Example: The purpose of this project is to
find out if a pea plant will grow taller
when given caffeine rather than water.

5. Research
Develop at least 4 -5 questions that you want to answer
about your topic.
Try to use various sources for your research.
Suggested sources:
Books
Magazines
Newspapers
Internet
Research should be designed to get background
information about your topic, before you begin
your experiment.

6. Hypothesis
Make your guess
Use your research to make an educated
guess about how you think your
experiment will turn out.
Use the “ If I __________ then I think
_____”format
Example: If I pour 100ml of coffee on four pea plants
and pour 100ml of water in another four pea
plants, then I think the plants with coffee will
grow taller because caffeine will stimulate the
plants.

7. Procedure
Design your experiment
Design your experiment so that they only test for
one thing.
Make sure that you do the same things to all groups
of objects being tested.
Example: If you are testing plants:
Use the same seeds.
Plant all of them with the same soil.
Put them all in the same amount of light for the
same amount of time.
The only thing that should be different about
the plants is that one received coffee and the
other water.

8. Procedure
To increase the validity of your
experiment
Make sure to keep a control
group.
Use multiple trials. (At least
three.)

9. Procedure
Write down step-by-step directions
on how to do your experiment.
Do not leave anything out!

10. Example:
1.Get 8 pea plants ( 100 cm tall).
2.Place 4 pea plants on each tray.
3.Label one set of plants “Caffeine”.
4.Label the second set “Water”.
5.Pour 100ml of coffee( with caffeine ) onto the soil of each plant
twice a week.
6.Pour 100ml of water onto the soil of each plant twice a week.
7.Measure each plant with a metric ruler
8.Record data in record book.
Procedure

11. Materials
Make a complete list of
everything you will use in
your experiment.
Tell how many and how
much of each object used.
Use metric measures
only.

12. Do your experiment.
Have fun !

13. Make Charts and Graphs
Display data using charts, tables, and graphs.
Use Create A Graph website.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/
Choose the correct graphs for your data.
Bar-comparison
Pie-percentage
Line-change/time

14. Results
Using your data write a few sentences
how your experiment turned out.
Example:
From reading my charts and graphs, I
know that Plant Group #1 grew an
average of 40cm with 100ml of coffee.
Plant Group #2 grew and average of
20cm with 100ml of water. The Plant
Group that was given coffee grew
20cm more on the average than the
Plant Group that was given water.

15. Conclusion
Write down why you think your experiment
turned out the way it did, include if your
hypothesis was supported or not.
Be sure to use the term “ My hypothesis was/was
not supported.
Do not say I was right/wrong.
Even when your hypothesis was not supported you
gain information about your topic.

16. Conclusion
Use scientific reasoning for conclusion.
Why do you think you got the results you did?
Why was your hypothesis supported/not supported?
Example:
My hypothesis was supported. The plants that were
watered with coffee ( caffeine ) grew taller than
those that were given water. Therefore, caffeine
has a positive effect on the growth of pea plants.
This may be due the fact that caffeine is a
stimulant. The caffeine could have stimulated the
plant to grow.

17. Conclusion
Include any future considerations.
What would you change or suggest to
someone else doing the experiment.
Example
If I could do this experiment again , the
variable I would change would be the amount of
caffeine I would place in each plant group. I
would use 50ml for plant group #1, 100ml for
plant group #2, and 150ml for plant group #3. I
would also have three “control groups” of plants.
One would get 50ml of water. One would get
100ml of water. And one would get 150ml of
water. I want to see which amount of caffeine
helps plants grow the tallest.

18. Make Your Board
Start your information on the top
left panel of the board, move down
the left panel, across the middle
panel, and from the top down on the
right panel.
Place pictures of your experiment on
your board.

19. Make your Board

20. Bringing It Together
Keys for success:
†Make a time-line and stick to it.
†Parental support
†Organization

21. Use these websites for Great
Research:
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/teen/henry-k12/
https://school.nettrekker.com/

22. Helpful Resources
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/index_A.htm
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html
http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/jtindell/
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral