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Science Fair Projects

Science Fair Projects . Tips for Primary Grades . Science Fair Projects . Must be experiments. An experiment is a test to find out something. Experiments are repeated 3 times. . Scientific Method . Judges will not score projects that do not follow the scientific method.

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Science Fair Projects

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  1. Science Fair Projects Tips for Primary Grades

  2. Science Fair Projects • Must be experiments. An experiment is a test to find out something. • Experiments are repeated 3 times.

  3. Scientific Method • Judges will not score projects that do not follow the scientific method.

  4. DO NOT MAKE A VOLCANO DO NOT USE THE SOLAR SYSTEM

  5. What would be a good project? • Select a good topic. • Make sure you can investigate. • Select a topic that interest you!

  6. Where can I find ideas? • Television-Watch commercials on TV. Compare products that claim to be the best with other products that claim to be the best! • Current Events-look in the newspaper. • Check out the science section of the media center. What do you think is interesting?

  7. Gather Background Information • Research your topic from books, magazines, the internet, people and companies. Write down your findings and your source, where you found the information.

  8. What is the PURPOSE? • Why is this a project worth doing? • Why are the results important? • Who would want to know the results?

  9. Use the Scientific Method • Question • Prediction • Materials • Procedure • Results • Conclusion

  10. Question • What do I want to find out? • What do I hope to learn?

  11. Prediction • Based on what I already know, what do I think will happen?

  12. Materials • What will I use?

  13. Procedure • What will I do? • As I plan my experiment, I need to identify the variables.

  14. Variables • The variable is the one factor I wish to change (or use in different amounts). Everything is given the same conditions except for one factor. This factor is my variable. I need to explain things I did to make it a controlled experiment. Variables are the things that have an effect on the experiment.

  15. Independent Variable • The independent variable is the one condition that you change in the experiment. It is the factor that you are comparing or testing. What may affect the results of my experiment? Choose one variable to change and keep the others the same.

  16. Controlled Variable • The controlled variables are the conditions that need to remain the same during my experiment so that they do not affect the results.

  17. Dependent Variable • The dependent variable is what happens in the experiment because of what was changed. It’s what you are observing.

  18. Results • What actually happened when I conducted the experiment?

  19. Conclusion • What did I learn? Was my prediction correct or should it be rejected? • Based on my results I learned…

  20. Be Creative and Start Early

  21. Keep your project a secret! • Good luck and have fun!

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