SCIENCE FAIR 2014

HOW WILL YOU CHANGE THE WORLD?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rqcg7BJwJM&index=2&list=PLLvf0rO_bj8Vis_4r1xOG0UhonwhXJuZy

PROCESS

Organize a team and pick a topic!

Submit proposal (1 paragraph per team)

Background research (At least 5 citations and 3 summary sentences per resource)

Submit Question, Hypothesis, and Variables

Design experiment

Submit designs

Complete your experiment!

Organize a team and pick a topic!

Submit proposal (1 paragraph per team)

Background research (At least 5 citations and 3 summary sentences per resource)

Describe your need, criteria, and constraints

Draw Prototype Design

Submit designs

Build your prototype!

Science Project Engineering Project

FINAL STEPS: Collect Data

Analyze Results

Write Conclusion

Write Lab report

Design your board

Win science fair!

KEY POINTS Work by yourself, with a partner or group of three

Groups cannot be larger than 3 people!

No volcanos!

You will have to get a science fair board. (Cost about $3)

Required!

Science Fair is….

Whole school is competing!

We’ll have judges and prizes!

Winners will go to county science fair next year!

GRADES These parts count as test grades:

Proposal Lab Book Science Report (counts 2 times!) Project Board Presentation

These parts count as classwork grades: Background research Submitting question, hypothesis, and variables (or need, criteria and constraints) Submitting Designs Revising Designs Data Analysis Conclusion

SO WHERE DO I START?You can look on the Science Fair tab under Mrs. McCarthy’s website for ideas!

WITH AN IDEA!

DON’T JUST PICK A TOPIC—

CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AND IT WILL BE MUCH EASIER!!!

WHERE TO GET IDEAS Test a commercial claim (best brand of paper towels, best toilet paper, best tooth

paste, longest lasting battery, etc)

Fix an experiment we did this year (fruit decomposition, heart rate and exercise, etc)

Design something! (Here’s you chance to invent the bed-maker-automatic!)

What do you love to do? (Yes! You can play video games for this HW assignment!)

What’s a topic you want to know more about? (Do pea plants really have dominant and recessive traits?)

What do you think would improve the world? (How can we help people with arthritis?)

Use your life for a spring board! https://www.googlesciencefair.com/springboard/en/

PROJECT IDEAS What factors affect mold

growth?

What affects do certain chemicals have on plant life?

How do planaria react to changes in light, pH, or temperature changes?  

Are night insects attracted to lamps because of heat or light?

Do bacteria affect plant growth?

How does exercise affect body temperature?

Which is more effective against bacteria, hand sanitizers or soap?

How does the salinity of water affect the hatching population of brine shrimp?

How does the volume of sound affect heart rate?

How does the age of a person affect reaction time?

How does the type of music affect heart rate?

Botany Science Fair Project Ideas How does magnetism affect the growth of blooms?

Which plants are the best conductors of electricity?

How do different types of water (distilled, acidic) affect

plants?

How do different colors of light affect plant growth?

How do phosphates affect aquatic plants?

How does soil temperature affect seed germination?

How does soil temperature affect root growth?

Do vitamins affect plant growth?

Do plants grow better in water or soil?

Does the 5 second rule work?

What is the impact of temperature on the rate of decomposition?