Science Fair Projects M'White, TES Instructional Coach

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Science Fair Projects M.White, TES Instructional
Coach
FUN
EXCITING
EDUCATIONAL
WAY COOL
SUPER NEAT
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• Participation is mandatory
• for 4th and 5th graders and optional for 3rd
  graders.
• Projects are due on March 23 by 900 am. Judges
  will not score late entries.

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Science Fair Projects MUST be EXPERIMENTS

• An experiment is a test to find out something.
• Experiments are repeated 3 times.

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Judges will not score projects that do not follow
the scientific method.
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DO NOT MAKE A VOLCANO.
DO NOT USE THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
DO NOT MAKE A VOLCANO. THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION.
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DO NOT MAKE A MODEL OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
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Thinking about a good project
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Select a TopicMAKE SURE IT IS A TOPIC YOU CAN
INVESTIGATE.
Select a topic that genuinely interests you.
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• Where can I find ideas for Science Fair
  Projects?

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• Watch commercials on TV. Test their claims.

Does that deodorant really stop wetness better
than another one ?
PRODUCTS THAT CLAIM TO BE THE BEST CAN BE
COMPARED WITH OTHER PRODUCTS THAT CLAIM TO BE THE
BEST.
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• Think about current events. Look in the
  newspaper.

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Use your experiences.

• Remember a time you thought "I wonder what
  would happen if..." then turn that into a
  project.

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• Check the science section of our library media
  center.

Browse and look at book titles, then look inside
the ones that look interesting to you.
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Gather Background Information

• Gather information about your topic from
  books, magazines, the Internet, people and
  companies. Keep notes about where you got your
  information.

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What is the PURPOSE?

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

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Use the Scientific Method

• Question
• Prediction
• Materials
• Procedure
• Results
• Conclusion

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Question

• What do I want to find out ?

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Prediction

• What do I think will happen ?

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Materials

• What will I use ?

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Procedure
What will I do ?
The variable is the one factor I wish to change
(or use in different amounts). Everything is
given the exact 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.
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• 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.
• The controlled variables are the conditions
  that need to remain the same during my experiment
  so that they do not affect the results.
• The dependent variable is what happens in the
  experiment because of what was changed. Its
  what you are observing.

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Results

• What actually happened ?

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Conclusion

• What did I learn ?

Based on my results I learned
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BE CREATIVE
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Keep your project a secret!
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Science Fair Information Packet
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