Assignment

Assignment Description  (Note:  Students should have at least 12 weeks to do their projects)

Suggested Time to Complete this Step

In Class Due Date  (where applicable)

City/County Science Fair Application

You'll want to encourage your students to enter and attend the local city/county science fair if one exists in your area.  Check when applications are due, then move this item to the appropriate place in the schedule.

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Topic Selection Wizard

Please have your students log in to complete the Topic Selection Wizard (“Wizard”) to help them narrow down an area of interest for their project. 

Question

The specific question the student will be investigating in the project.

Research & Bibliography

A detailed list of the sources that will be used for the experimental research.  Source Requirement:  at least 3 offline sources including one encyclopedia.

Review of Literature

The Review of Literature is a 2 page, 700 word, minimum paper that includes the following:

·   The Theory behind the topic, including key concepts, terms, and equations (if applicable).

·   Method.  The best techniques for investigating the topic and how they are performed.

·   History.  Have other investigated this topic and what did they find?

·   Significance.  Why is the answer to the question important?

Variables and Hypothesis

An explanation of which factors will be changed while conducting the experiment and a hypothesis on the resulting impact of the change.

Materials and Procedures

A detailed list of the materials that will be used to conduct the experiment and the detailed steps that will be followed while conduct the experiment

Conduct Experiment

There should be a minimum of two weeks here to allow the students to do multiple runs of their experiments.  Minimum Trials:  3 runs of experiment.  If students are working with plants, they should have 3 plants for each variable tested.

Data Analysis and Graphs

The analysis of the experimental data.  A summary of the findings of the experiment.

Conclusion

An explanation of the results of the experiment.

Research Paper

A paper that collects all the above written assignments in one place plus a short abstract of the project.

Display Board

The final project board that will be displayed at the science fair.

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School Science Fair

The date the students must turn in their projects to the teacher or to the school science fair.

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City/County Science Fair

Make sure this date is after your school fair if you're having one! 

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