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The Science Fair Rules and Regulations. DUE DATES. OBSERVATION/QUESTIONS (Brainstorming)- Wednesday, September 11 PROPOSAL- Thursday, September 12 (with Parent Signature) BACKGROUND RESEARCH- Tuesday, September 17 HYPOTHESIS- Wednesday, September 18- in class
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DUE DATES • OBSERVATION/QUESTIONS (Brainstorming)- Wednesday, September 11 • PROPOSAL- Thursday, September 12 (with Parent Signature) • BACKGROUND RESEARCH- Tuesday, September 17 • HYPOTHESIS- Wednesday, September 18- in class • DETAILED STEPS- Thursday, September 19 • DETAILED MATERIALS- Friday, September 20 • DATA COLLECTION- Start of experiment-Monday, September 30 • DRAW CONCLUSIONS- Wednesday, October 2 • GO FURTHER- Thursday, October 3 • FINAL- Monday, October 7
Rules and Regulations • 1. Must be an ORIGINAL, high quality scientific experiment. • 2. Parents can help but the project must be your own work.
3. The results of the project must be clearly and neatly displayed. • 4. If using human or animal subjects at all it must be PREAPPROVED or the project is disqualified. • 5. If you are selected to move on to the UNLV Science Fair there are additional guidelines that you will have to follow.
GROUPS • Student can work alone. • Student can be in a group of 2 or 3. • You must all be in the same class. • You must be able to work together outside of school.
1. Get a SCIENTIFIC LOG BOOK Handwrite everything into this notebook ~LEAVE THE FIRST PAGE BLANK ~all ideas and brainstorming ~write in ink (DO NOT ERASE ANYTHING) ~always enter the time and date
2. Observation/Ask Question • think of an area of interest • write down 5-7 questions • narrow it down to one question that can be explored
3. Write Proposal (50 pts) • Must include: • NAME OR NAMES OF STUDENTS • SIGNATURE OF 1 PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF EACH STUDENT INVOLVED • MEASURABLE QUESTION • MATERIALS • SUMMARY OF PROJECT (5 sentences)
4. Background Research (40 pts) 3 paragraphs (at least 5 sentences EACH) OR MORE Summarize Don’t Plagiarize! Sources: Library, Internet, Teachers, Parents, Friends, Experts in the area of interest, Magazines, Books, other written material. WRITE DOWN ALL SOURCES for Citations
5. Hypothesis (15 pts) • Use background research to make educated guess • Must state in an “IF………..THEN……..” statement • ex: IF rain water is more acidic, THEN bricks in the building will fall apart faster.
6. Materials and Steps (30pts) • A list of every material you will be using. • This must be specific. For example: • 2 paper clips • 1 gallon of water • Steps must be listed in step format. • 1. First… • 2. Then…
THE REST IS ON YOUR OWN • These are guidelines but the rest must be done in the home. This includes the experiments. • Feel free to ask questions in class.
7. Test with an Experiment • have a CONTROL (what happens under normal conditions) • have at least 2 VARIABLES (the one single thing that you change at least two different ways) • ex: control-a plant grown how the package states variables- change the water to 2 different liquids
8. Data/Examine Results • Record everything (ex: all measurements, dates, times, reactions…) • Did the experiment give you the expected results? Why? or Why not? • Use your results to create graphs or charts.
9. Draw Conclusions • Use results to answer these questions in paragraph form: • What variables are important? • Was your theory correct? • Did you collect the proper data? • Does more work need to be done or is your experiment finished? • If your hypothesis was false, yet all of the errors are explained, tell how you would change your experiment or methods.
Was more than one variable changed at a time? • Was the experiment done with the exact same steps each time? • Are there causes that you had not considered or observed? • Were there errors in your observation? • How large were the errors?
10. Write an Abstract • Write a one-paragraph summary of the steps in the project and record this in the Science Log Book and on the Project Display Board.
11. Go Further • You must include 5 ways that you could take this project further. • in the form of questions or suggestions that you could take your project further • Put them in a list. • You can also include 5 additional ways for EXTRA CREDIT
Board Guidelines • IF STUDENT WOULD LIKE TO PERSUE THE UNLV COMPETITION CLICK ON THE LINK TO SEE THEIR GUIDELINES…IF NOT MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE • http://sciences.unlv.edu/engineeringfair/2009/rules.html
Abstract TITLE Conclusion Experiment Question Materials Steps Data Go Further Pictures and Other Items Hypothesis Board
GOOD LUCK!!!!! • Science Fair: Date to be announced…