You will work in a group of your choosing to create a display board that presents information about your science fair project.
Your display must contain the following elements:
Title - Name of Project
Question - A question you are trying to answer through your research and experiment
Hypothesis - A prediction that you make of the results before conducting your experiment
Report - You will write your report in your English class. You must place a copy of your report in front of your display board.
Books and Resources - A list of books, websites, and other resources used for your experiment
Materials - A list of the supplies needed for your experiment
Procedure - The steps or directions you used to conduct the experiment
Variables - The parts of the experiment that will stay the same and what will be tested to get results
Results - Graphs and tables showing what happened after you conducted your experiment
Conclusion - Telling what happened . . . Did it work? Was your hypothesis correct? What did you learn?
Application - Explain how your experiment relates to the real world
Pictures - Pictures, pictures, and more pictures!
Background - A short summary of the research you obtained
The picture below provides specific information about the layout of your display board.
This is the rubric that will be used to grade your display board.
You will work in a group to write a report that explains all parts of your science fair project. You will go over all parts of the writing process and APA format in you English class.
Requirements:
Your report must be in APA format.
Your resport must include:
Title Page
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Statement of Purpose
Hypothesis
Research
Materials
Procedures
Observation and Results
Conclusion
References
You must use at least three sources for the research section of your report. All sources used must be properly cited in the paper and on the references page.
This is the rubric that will be used to grade your science fair report.
This is the rubric that the judges will be using to evaluate your projects. The judges scores will be used to determine the winners.
All group members are required to contribute to the science fair project. You will rate one another on your contributions, and these ratings will be part of your overall grade.