Choosing a Project Your project involve animals with a backbone or mold. CAN NOT Your project you begin work must be approved by your teacher before Human projects require additional approval. Your project should have relevance to the around us (i.e. water quality) and/or be something that interests you. Places to look for a project idea: Science books Science Magazines Internet sources (google science fair projects) Library A good project will allow for experimentation demonstration. For example a project NOT on does not allow the student to experiment; he is just doing a Volcanoes Erupt” “How demonstration on how a volcano erupts. A topic such as: Effect of Chemical “The allows the student to experiment with different amounts of Fertilizers on Bean Plants” fertilizer on the growth of plants. Project has a Problem The problem of the project is what you are going to experiment on. For example: The problem of this project is to determine if fertilizer makes a difference in plant growth. Every Project has a Purpose The purpose of the project will explain what you tried to discover in your experiment. For example: The purpose of this project is to determine if fertilizer makes plants grow taller. Hypothesis: is a possible explanation as to what will happen in an experiment. Your experiment does not have to prove your hypothesis correct. Remember Thomas Edison experimented nearly 2000 times before discovering what would work in a light bulb. The hypothesis will be stated in an statement. For example: chemical If “if”, “then” fertilizer is to a bean plant the plant will grow taller. then
Choosing a Project Your project CAN NOT involve animals with a backbone or mold. Your project must be approved by your teacher before you begin work Human projects require additional approval. Your project should have relevance to the around us (i.e. water quality) and/or be something that interests you. Places to look for a project idea: Science books Science Magazines Internet sources (google science fair projects) Library A good project will allow for experimentation NOT demonstration. For example a project on “How Volcanoes Erupt” does not allow the student to experiment; he is just doing a demonstration on how a volcano erupts. A topic such as: “The Effect of Chemical Fertilizers on Bean Plants” allows the student to experiment with different amounts of fertilizer on the growth of plants. Project has a Problem The problem of the project is what you are going to experiment on. For example: The problem of this project is to determine if fertilizer makes a difference in plant growth. Every Project has a Purpose The purpose of the project will explain what you tried to discover in your experiment. For example: The purpose of this project is to determine if fertilizer makes plants grow taller. Hypothesis: is a possible explanation as to what will happen in an experiment. Your experiment does not have to prove your hypothesis correct. Remember Thomas Edison experimented nearly 2000 times before discovering what would work in a light bulb. The hypothesis will be stated in an “if”, “then” statement. For example: If chemical fertilizer is to a bean plant then the plant will grow taller.
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