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Science Fair- DHMS, Ms. McCoy Grade 8 Science Date

Review of Literature: This should be your paper of 5 paragraphs or more that youve already written with corrections. This section states all the facts you collected while researching your problem. Use the format from class to write this section. Make any corrections the teacher suggests and insert it in this section. (Remove these directions)

Purpose/Problem:

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State your problem here. Explain why it is a problem and why you are interested in solving it. (Remove these directions)

Hypothesis:

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I believe that _____________ will occur/ happen because. State your hypothesis here. Explain why you expect these outcomes. Use 2 facts from your research paper to support your hypothesis. (Remove these directions)

Manipulated Variable:

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This area explains what your manipulated variable is and how it is being changed. You should also state how it is being measured and what units are being used. (Remove these
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Responding Variable:

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This area explains what the responding variable will be. You should also explain why you expect it to change the relationship between what you have changed and this variable. You also need to state how it will be measured and what units will be used. (Remove these directions) Constants: (also placed on display board)

List and describe everything you will be doing during your experiment that will stay the same. Think about things such as time of day, temperature, amount of light or dark, heat etc as you complete this section. (Remove these directions) Control: (also placed on display board)

If your project is experimental, explain what control group you will compare your results to. (Remove these directions)

Materials List:

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This is where you list EVERY piece of equipment or material you will use to complete your experiment/test. Anything you use should be listed here, or it should not be a part of your project. If you use specialized equipment, you must explain how you accessed it. (Remove these directions)

Procedure Steps:

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Step 1: What did you do first. Usually you were acquiring all the materials and setting things up. Step 2: Set up of experiment. Step 3: Keep describing everything you did like a recipe!
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Data Table:

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You should collect all your data in your log book. This is where you type or use Excel to create a nice neat table of your data. Your manipulated variable should be the X axis and your responding variable should be the Y axis. (Remove these directions)

Graphs:

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Use Excel or a program (Create a Graph) like it to make your data table into a graph. If you dont have Excel, you may hand draw your graphs. (Remove these directions)

Analysis of Results:

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Include a brief description of what your data tells you about your hypothesis. Was the data acceptable, or were some of your results unexpected. Why do you think you may have had any unexpected results? (Remove these directions)

Conclusion: (also placed on display board) (The most important section! dont leave this in your paper) (Remove these directions) This part should be 3 paragraphs in length. 1st Restate the hypothesis and explain if your data supports your hypothesis or not. You should use mean, median or mode to analyze your results. Infer why the data turned out the way it did. 2nd - Explain any issues, problems or concerns you had while carrying out the experiment. Include any ideas for improving the experiment or process if you were to do it again. 3rd This is where you state what you learned by completing this project. Include any important observations you made, new information that you learned. Also, explain how the data and information you collected could be use in real life.

Bibliography:
Student Science Fair Checklist, Society for Science & the Public (ISEF) < http://www.societyforscience.org/isef/students/student_checklist.asp>

Use the MLA format to write your bibliography of 6 to 7 sources you used to create the Review of Literature section of this paper.
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