Science Projects are due TUESDAY!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend and working hard putting the finishing touches on your science fair project! I sent home a reminder letter this past week that included all of the steps of the Scientific Method that must be included on the board. I just wanted to post them one more time on here!

Each step should be labeled on your tri-fold board.

STEPS:

1.    Purpose – This tells what question your experiment will answer (what you are trying to find out).

Ex. Which brand of batteries will last the longest?

2.  Hypothesis – An educated guess about what will happen in the experiment.

Ex. I think Duracell batteries will last the longest because my t.v. remote works well with them.

3.  Materials – List the materials you will use for your experiment.

4. .    Procedure – List the steps of your experiment.

Ex. 1. First, I got 3 brands of batteries – Duracell,

        Energizer, and Rayovac.

        2. Then, I put the Duracell batteries in my remote

        control car.

        3. Then, I played with it until the batteries ran out

 and recorded how long they lasted.

And so on…. (for the whole experiment)

5.  Results – This tells what happened in the experiment. If you can create a graph, chart, or table to show your results, that’s even better! J Pictures are also great!

Ex. The Energizer batteries lasted the longest. They lasted 4 hours. The other batteries only lasted 3.5 hours.

6.  Conclusion – This tells whether your hypothesis was correct or not. If you have done any research about WHY your hypothesis was wrong/right, you can include a summary of that here, too!

Ex. My hypothesis was wrong. The Energizer batteries actually lasted longer than the Duracell batteries. I think this happened because…

Remember that the students will present the projects to me. Please practice with your child at home so that he/she can explain the experiment clearly!

HAVE FUN! :)