Scientific Method Science Fair Preparation Question What do

Question § What do you want to know? § Is it a TESTABLE question?

Hypothesis § § What do you think will happen and why? Educated Guess It

Materials § What do you need? § A list of items needed to recreate

Procedure § What steps will you follow to complete this investigation? § List all

Data § Collect data in a table or chart to show three or more

Results § § § What happened? State what you observed. Only the facts. Display

Conclusion § What is the answer to the question? § Did the investigation results

Variables § Independent Variable: the one thing I plan to change. § Dependent Variable:

Title of Project § § § Large enough to catch the Judges eyes Could

Credit § Give credit to anyone that has helped you with this project. §

§ All food stuff must be sealed. § All experiments involving animals must be

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Scientific Method Science Fair Preparation

Question § What do you want to know? § Is it a TESTABLE question? How does temperature affect the growth of mold? In what type of light does a plant grow best? How does the color of a shirt affect of heat it absorbs? How does a volcano erupt? Why isn’t Pluto a planet? How much food does a dog need to stay alive?

Hypothesis § § What do you think will happen and why? Educated Guess It is a possible answer to the question. My hypothesis is based on these facts that I gathered during my research.

Materials § What do you need? § A list of items needed to recreate the investigation. § Make sure everything is kept the same. § Make sure none of the materials are dangerous to handle as a child.

Procedure § What steps will you follow to complete this investigation? § List all your steps so that another person could repeat your investigation without your help. § Clear precise directions. § Test your hypothesis at least three times.

Data § Collect data in a table or chart to show three or more trials. § Make observations and collect appropriate data.

Results § § § What happened? State what you observed. Only the facts. Display your RESULTS in a graph if you can.

Conclusion § What is the answer to the question? § Did the investigation results match your hypothesis? § Interpret your data. § Why did the results turn out the way they did? § What were your variables?

Variables § Independent Variable: the one thing I plan to change. § Dependent Variable: The change I will measure. § Controlled Variables: The things I will keep the same or constant in my investigation.

Title of Project § § § Large enough to catch the Judges eyes Could be a catchy phrase or idea Short not too long Alteration is nice to the ears Balls Bounce Back, Hot Happenings

Credit § Give credit to anyone that has helped you with this project. § Make sure this is visible, from typing, buying materials, helping record data.

§ All food stuff must be sealed. § All experiments involving animals must be conducted with a respect for life. § No live animals may be displayed. § No chemicals/household cleaners may be displayed. § Photographs may not contain faces of the participants in the experiment.

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