EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT 2021
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2021
EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT
USING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
To participate in the Fair, you must:
1. Carry out an EXPERIMENT
2. Create a REPORT
Every participant will have a chance to earn Level 1, 2, or 3 award. You must complete
a report to get an award, and to enter a prize raffle.
Table of Contents Dates and Deadlines ................................................................................... 1 Specific Guidelines ...................................................................................... 2 The Scientific Method................................................................................. 3 Part 1:Lab Notebook..............................................................................5-12 Part 2: The Report and Scoring Rubric .................................................13-15
Dates and Deadlines
Registration forms due February 11th
Registration form is on the S & I Fair website
on the Oak Chan PTO page
Projects due Thursday, March 18th outside the Multi
You will have 5 weeks to complete your project.
1Specific Guidelines
1. Only individual projects are allowed this year.
2. No live animals or bodily organ experiments will be allowed.
3. The work on the project should be done by the student. If any outside help or assistance is
given, it must be acknowledged (e.g., advice from a local scientist, parental typing of the
report, help with building or setting up equipment, etc.).
2The Scientific Method
Ask Question
Do Background
Research
A hypothesis is
Construct what you think
Hypothesis will happen and
Experiments an explanation
of why.
should be planned
out and carefully
observed. Test with an
Experiment
Experiments must
be repeated to
verify results.
Analyze Results
Draw Conclusion
Hypothesis is True Hypothesis is False
or Partially True
Report Results
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Part 1: Lab Notebook
Use the Lab Notebook on the next few
pages to carry out your experiment.
You can attach additional pages if needed.
Have fun with your project!
5LAB NOTEBOOK
Fill in this outline for your experiment
1. The question I will try to answer is (My Question): One sentence,
be specific! Must be testable!
2. What I found (My Research): 2 sources. Write down where you found this
information.
3. I predict the following will happen (My Hypothesis): One sentence,
probably long, stating what you think will happen and why.
64. MY EXPERIMENT
Important terms:
Variable: A variable is any factor, trait, or condition that can exist in differing amounts or
types.
Independent variable: The variable intentionally changed in the experiment so that you
can measure/ observe the effect.
Dependent variable: The variable that changes because the independent variable was
changed.
Constant: WHAT I KEEP THE SAME. Conditions that are kept the same in all experiments to
make sure that ONLY the independent variable is causing changes to the dependent variable.
Control: An experiment to show what would have happened anyway or under "normal"
conditions. Many experiments will not have a true control.
7In order to make my experiment a fair test, I will keep all
variables constant (unchanged) except the one being tested. For
example, a constant variable for comparing how much plants grow using different liquids would be
keeping the amount of liquid the same.
The things that stay the same (My Constants) are:
The things that change (My Variables) are:
Independent variables: Dependent Variables:
My Controls are:
86. My Materials:
Material: Amount:
In addition, I will need the following equipment:
97. The procedure I will follow is (My Procedure): Run the exact
experiment 3 times, they can be done at the same time.
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:
Step 5:
Step 6:
Step 7:
Step 8:
108. I observed the following (My Data): What did you notice? A chart might be
helpful here.
9. What my data shows (My Results): You may need to use a graph or draw a
picture to record your data; it depends on your Question. Average the results from your three
experiments.
1110. From my results I found out (My Conclusions): 2 or 3 sentences.
May be different from your hypothesis and often is. That is the point of experimenting. What other
experiments can you do from what you learned? If your experiment didn’t go as planned, that’s OK! You
can explain why you think it may not have worked and how you think it can be improved.
Congratulations! You have used the Scientific
Method to carry out an experiment.
12Part 2: The Report
Now we put all the information into a report so that others may
learn from or repeat your experiment in the future.
Usually, the S & I Fair requires a display board, but we’re doing
things a little differently this year because we’re not able to
have an in-person Science Fair where we can display projects.
Use the Lab Notebook to complete your report.
13Report
Use the Report to show others how you did your experiment and what you learned from your
experiment. We recommend that you type the different sections. Try to do it by yourself, but parents
may help you type if needed. Most sections will only have a sentence or two.
Use the Lab Notebook sheets for your information. Reviewers like charts and graphs, so try to include
at least one. We highly encourage you to include pictures of your project.
Include these sections in your report:
TITLE Title for your project.
QUESTION This is your topic question. It is one sentence long and
specific.
RESEARCH This part of your project has information that was found
by other scientists and relates to your topic.
HYPOTHESIS State your best guess for answering the question before
you did your experiment. The hypothesis is one sentence
long.
MATERIALS List the materials you used.
PROCEDURE List the steps of your experiment. Diagrams are helpful in
this section.
RESULTS The results are a summary of your data. This is where
you tell about your data and what you observed. You can
use graphs and charts to show your results. Remember,
even if your data shows that your hypothesis was
incorrect, your project is still good!
CONCLUSION Look over your data in your graphs, charts or tables
(your results and your data in your lab notebook). Use
two or three sentences to tell what you learned from your
experiment. Was your hypothesis correct? Why or why
not?
SOURCES List all books, articles, pamphlets and other
communications or sources that you used for
researching your topic and writing your paper.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thank those who have helped you with your project.
Include those who gave you guidance, materials and the
use of facilities or equipment.
14Scoring Rubric
Experiment
4 3 2 1
Done all/mostly by student Mostly done by Partially done by Very little done by
(as much as possible) student student student
Easy to read and follow Displays the Has some steps of the Lacks steps of the
Scientific Method Scientific Method Scientific Method
Clearly and neatly labels
sections and displays
Scientific Method
Required sections-
Report
Question
Research
Hypothesis
Materials
Procedure
Results
Conclusion
Sources
Acknowledgements
Shows clear understanding Shows clear Gives little explanation Does not seem to
of project and shares many understanding of of project understand project
details about the project the project and
gives some Uses 2 or 3 Scientific Does not use
Uses Scientific Method explanation Method using vocabulary words,
vocabulary: vocabulary words does not seem to
Uses 4 or 5 understand the
Knowledge Hypothesis Scientific Method Scientific Method
of project Materials vocabulary words
Procedure
Variables/
constants
Data/results
Conclusion
Creativity/ Shows creative or original Shows some
thought in the project (ex. creative thinking
Originality
Coming up with the
experiment idea, process of
carrying out experiment)
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