Alexander Galt Regional High School Level 1 Science
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(Science Fair Project Title) ****DELETE ALL highlighted DIRECTIONS FROM YOUR PAPER Introduction: (6 to 8 lines) -Introduce the topic of your experiment -How you came up with the idea -Why your experiment is interesting -Something new you learned during your project Purpose: Question: Hypothesis: Background Information: (Write what you know about the problem you are investigating. Discuss definitions of vocabulary, units of measurements, formulas, tools used in the investigation, and similar experiments that have been conducted on this topic. Conclude your final paragraph by re-stating your hypothesis.) Variables: Controlled Variables: Independent Variable: Dependent Variable: (NOTE: To help you with the variables: Independent variables are variables that aren't based on other variables. Dependent variables depend on the independent variables (hence the name). Controls are unchanging variables. Example: if you were measuring plant growth based on amount of sunlight, the sunlight woud be independent, the growth that it causes would be dependent, and all other factors (water, age of plant, soil, etc.) would be controls.) Materials: (List in alphabetical order. Be detailed and descriptive by including types,
brands, and quantities where appropriate)
Procedure: (Be detailed and descriptive. This should be a numbered list. Do not use pronouns such as you or I) Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: Etc Results and Observations: Data Table/Graphs: The graph will be done on graph paper. The Independent variable on the x axis and dependent variable on the y axis.) Qualitative Observations: (You may add more spaces if necessary. Use your senses for this section to make this type of observations what you saw, smelled, heard, and measured during your experiment.) Date / Time Observations
Quantitative Observations: (Create a data table to record the numbers and measurements.) Independent Variable Trial 1 Trail 2 Trial 3 Average
Conclusion: Retell your hypothesis (was your hypothesis rejected or accepted). Answer the question/problem. Give proof of the answer with some of your data results. Tell what you learned from the experiment using scientific terms. Finally mention sources of potential error.
Bibliography: This is a listing of ALL the books and articles and websites you used to help you in this experiment. This part will be stapled to the back of your presentation board. Example: "Global Warming Economics." Science 9 Nov. 2001: 1283-84. Science Online. Web. 2 May 2009. Shulte, Bret. "Putting a Price on Pollution." Usnews.com. US News & World Rept., 6 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009. Format: Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. Website: Science. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved January 12, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science
