Science Schedule
Science Schedule
Teacher Name:
Assignment Assignment Description In Class Due
Date
City/County Science Fair
Application
Topic Selection Wizard
Please have your students log in to complete the Topic
Selection Wizard (Wizard to help them narro! do!n an
area o" interest "or their science "air pro#ect$
%uestion
The speci"ic &uestion the student !ill 'e investigating in the
science "air pro#ect$
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,esearch Plan -
.i'liography
The ,esearch Plan is a roadmap o" the research &uestions that
need to 'e ans!ered$ The .i'liography is a list o" the sources
that !ill 'e used to ans!er the research &uestions$ Source
Requirement: at least 3 offline sources including one
encyclopedia.
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,esearch Paper
The purpose o" the ,esearch Paper is to provide in"ormation
to help understand !hy the e0periment turns out the !ay it
does$ 1t should include2
The history o" similar e0periments or inventions$
Definitions o" all important !ords and concepts that
descri'e the e0periment$
Ansers to all the 'ac3ground research plan &uestions$
!athematical formulas4 i" any4 that are needed to
descri'e the results o" the e0periment$
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5aria'les and 6ypothesis
An e0planation o" !hich "actors !ill 'e changed !hile
conducting the e0periment and a hypothesis on the resulting
impact o" the change$
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;aterials and Procedures
A detailed list o" the materials that !ill 'e used to conduct the
e0periment and the detailed steps that !ill 'e "ollo!ed !hile
conduct the e0periment
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Conducting the
<0periment
There should 'e a minimum o" t!o !ee3s here to allo! the
students to do multiple runs o" their e0periments$ !inimum
Trials: 3 runs of e"periment. 1" students are !or3ing !ith
plants4 they should have 8 plants "or each varia'le tested$
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=ata Analysis and
>raphs
The analysis o" the e0perimental data$ A summary o" the
"indings o" the e0periment$
Conclusions An e0planation o" the results o" the e0periment$
Final ,eport
A report that collects all the a'ove !ritten assignments in one
place plus a short a'stract o" the pro#ect$
=isplay .oard
The "inal pro#ect 'oard that !ill 'e displayed at the science
"air$
School Science Fair
The date the students must turn in their pro#ects to the teacher
or to the school science "air$
5isit the Fair? Parents may visit the science "air at this date and time$
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For more help with your science project go to www.sciencebuddies.org
(c) Copyright 2007, The Kenneth . !ess F"mily Found"tion, #ll $ights $eser%ed