Science Fair Vocabulary

Introduction• Introduces people to our project• Plants and Orange Juice

Control Group• The normal way• Feed plants water

Independent Variable• What I want to measure• Plant height

Dependent Variable• What am I doing Differently• Feeding plants Orange Juice

Research• Gathering of knowledge• Reading books, websites or talking to

professionals

Bibliography• List of where you got your information• Plants.com , “Green Thumb” by Jeff Lebowski,

Ms. Georgia Peach Home Depot Garden Manager

Hypothesis• Educated guess with support• If Plants are fed orange juice then they will grow

taller. I know this because I read a book about plants and I talked to a plant professional.

Materials• Items needed to perform experiment• 2 plants, 2 L. water, 2 L. orange juice, ruler

Procedure• Steps to follow• Gather materials• Label one plant “a” and the other “B”, put 10 mL

Orange juice, etc.

Data• Information Gathered• After 14 days plant a= 17cm plant b=13 cm

Analysis• Describe your data in words• Which is tallest? Which is shortest?

Conclusion• Restate your Hypothesis. Were you correct?

Support• My hypothesis Plant will grow taller with orange

juice was correct. The orange juice plant was 4 cm taller

Abstract• Brief explanation of your project

o What I wanted to find out?o What I read?o What I did?o What I found out?o What will I do next time?

Display• Visual Representation of my project• Board

o Titleo Purposeo Hypothesiso Materialso Procedureo Datao Analysiso Conclusion

Lab Report• 1-2 page document that contains all of your work• Organized document of :

o Titleo Purposeo Hypothesiso Materialso Procedureo Datao Analysiso Conclusion