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Science Fair

Science Fair. Why?. The Science Fair has many benefits: Application of the Scientific Method Research Data Collection Analysis Graphing Public Speaking Artistic Display Creativity Critical Thinking. The Process. Topic Research Research Paper Hypothesis / Bibliography Materials

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Science Fair

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  1. Science Fair

  2. Why? The Science Fair has many benefits: • Application of the Scientific Method • Research • Data Collection • Analysis • Graphing • Public Speaking • Artistic Display • Creativity • Critical Thinking

  3. The Process • Topic • Research • Research Paper • Hypothesis / Bibliography • Materials • Procedure • Data • Analysis • Conclusion • Lab Report • Abstract • Display

  4. What are We Going to Do? Topic • Before starting any project you should get permission from your parents and teacher. Your project should be something that interests you. If you pick a topic that interests you, you are most likely do a better job. • You should collect five ideas. If your parents or teacher reject one of them, you have some more options to pick from. You may need to do a little research so that you can explain your project to your teacher and parents.

  5. Pick a Winner APPROVED • The effects of heat on Batteries • The effects of light on Plants REJECTED • The effects of bleach on hair APPROVED • The effect of music on test scores REJECTED • How to make a volcano • Does the color of text effect reading comprehension APPROVED REJECTED

  6. Look it up. Research • Prior to making a good HYPOTHESIS, we must do some research. We need to gather information regarding our project and the factors that may affect our project. It’s a good idea to research the field of science that you are working with, your control group, your independent variable and your dependent variable. These four topics will help you make an informed Hypothesis. • You can use many sources in order to gain knowledge. Sources may include: books, magazines, websites, pamphlets and even people. It is important to give your resources credit for helping you out. All resources should be listed

  7. Who can you trust? REJECTED APPROVED • Wikipedia • A Teacher • A Professional • A Technical or Text Book REJECTED APPROVED • Ask.com APPROVED REJECTED • My mom

  8. Write it Down Science Fair Paper • Our Science Fair Paper should be written according to the Science Fair Paper Requirements. See attached sheet in packet. The purpose of your paper is to have a comprehensive write up about the project to share with others.

  9. Guess What. Hypothesis • A Hypothesis is an educated guess. After completing our Research, we have educated ourselves. We are now ready to make a Hypothesis. It is important that we give reasons and support for our statement. If we can, we need to let the readers know where the facts came from. A Hypothesis is a statement, not a question.

  10. Let Me Tell You Something Rejected • Do plants with orange juice grow better? • I think that plantswith orange juice will grow better Rejected • I believe that plants with orange juice will grow better because my mom said. Rejected • I believe that plants watered with orange juice will grow taller. I believe this because I read in the book “Green Thumbs” that plants get vitamins and nutrients through the soil. The nutritionist at my school showed me all of the vitamins that are in orange juice. APPROVED

  11. Who You Gonna Call on? Bibliography • It is vital to our project that we tell the reader where we got our information. This way we can support our decisions with resources. It can also allow the reader to do further research on their own. We will be using A.P.A style formatting. See Science website for more details on A.P.A formatting.

  12. Who Told You That? REJECTED • Jeff Lebowski • Jeff Lebowski, Author REJECTED • “Green Thumb”, by Jeff Lebowski, Pendant publishing, 2008 ACCEPTABLE REJECTED • Google.com REJECTED • Wikipedia.com ACCEPTABLE • Plants.com REJECTED • My Mom REJECTED • Mrs. Georgia Peach ACCEPTABLE • Mrs. Georgia Peach, Home Depot Garden Manager

  13. What Do You Need Materials • We need to list all that materials that are needed in order to carry out our experiment. If our reader really likes our experiment, and they want to do it too, they will know what to get. It also will help us when we go out to get the materials if we have a list. This way we won’t have to go out twice to get things we forgot.

  14. Stuff, Stuff and More Stuff • Gather the items for the experiment • You will need • Pencil • Paper • Two bean plants • 2 liters of Orange Juice • A sunny area • Ruler • Measuring Cup TOO VAGUE Be Specific

  15. What Are You Doing Procedure • We need to let our reader know exactly what to do. We have been trained in the Science Lab but, we cannot assume that our readers know what we know. We have to give them a detailed description of what was done. This will also give them the ability to try our experiment out for them self.

  16. Do This. • Gather Items • Do experiment • Show results • Obtain • Pencil • Paper • Two bean plants • 2 liters of Orange Juice • A sunny area • Ruler • Measuring Cup • Label Plants • plant A • Plant B • Water and Measure Daily for Two weeks • Give plant A 10 mL of water • Give plant B 10 mL of Orange juice REJECTED APPROVED

  17. Do You See What I See? Data • All science fair projects require data collection. Data collection must be accurate and neat. We must display our data in a manner that is easy for the reader. Charts and lists work well for the collection of data. • Once data has been collected it should be put into a graph. Graphs are a great way to visually represent your data. Much information can be interpreted through a graph.

  18. Looky Here Make a Picture of your Data with a Graph Organize your data in a Chart

  19. Guess What? Analysis • The purpose of Analysis is to ask and answer questions about your data. At this point, you have collected data, organized it in a chart and graphed it. Now we have to put our data in to words. We need to tell our readers about the data we have collected. See science website for template and examples.

  20. What Did I Say? ? • What was the greatest value? • What was the lowest value? • What was the difference between lowest and highest?

  21. Just the Facts Conclusion • A conclusion has several responsibilities. It is written in paragraph form and should: • Restate the Hypothesis, • State whether or not your hypothesis was correct • List at least two support sentences from your data • Conclude the paragraph with a new statement of fact.

  22. What Just Happened? • In Conclusion, my HYPOTHESIS , Orange juice will make plants grow taller, was correct. • The plant being fed orange juice grew taller. • The plant fed only water was 3 cm shorter after 2 weeks.

  23. WHAT ON EARTH DID YOU DO!!! Abstract An abstract is a brief explanation of what you are doing. It has no specific data or examples. It allows the reader to understand what the project is about without using technical language or information.

  24. Display Your Project • Your display should be neat and colorful. It should catch the eyes of passer-bys. • It should make people want to stop and see what your project is all about. • You should also make sure that it has all of the important information that you collected.

  25. Show me what you got • The display should have at least: • Title • Purpose • Hypothesis • Materials • Procedure • Data • Analysis • Conclusion • For a little added pop, include; • Pictures • Equipment • Control / variable • Materials

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