BEGIN YOUR JOURNAL. Must Be Handwritten and Include Dates

Name ______P______#______

Science Fair Project CHECKLIST Science Fair Project Due Nov. 9, 2016 (100 points)

These are the DUE DATES to turn in these portions of your project. Make sure to save everything on a flash drive or your hard drive to print for the backboard on the last day of the project.

BEGIN YOUR JOURNAL. Must be handwritten and include dates Sept 30 Friday

______TITLE Page (see template on website) page 2

______OBSERVATION ______QUESTION/PROBLEM

______FORM A HYPOTHESIS TO YOUR QUESTION (IF……THEN…….BECAUSE) page 3

______WRITE YOUR PLAN

Oct 3 MONDAY ______Research 5 sources. Print the 1st page of your source and highlight the information used.

______Bibliography of sources: List the name of the site and copy and paste the URL

Oct 7 Friday Left justify, do not center.

______MATERIALS LIST ______PROCEDURES (Numbered. Do not include “Get your materials”)

______SAFETY (equipment & procedures)

Oct 10 Monday BLANK DATA TABLE identifying the ______INDEPENDENT ______DEPENDENT ______5 trials ______Identify the control GROUP ______REMEMBER UNITS ARE TO BE IN METRIC MEASUREMENTS!!!! ______Write At least 5 CONTROL VARIABLES ONGOING

______Experimentation. Make sure to record in your journal with dates.

Oct 23 FRIDAY

Research Log (journal) ______Complete DATA TABLE (5 TRIALS MINIMUM)

______GRAPH ______ANALYSIS OF RESULTS (2 paragraph minimum-put in words what your data numbers show. 1 paragraph minimum. DO NOT repeat the data table. )

Oct 30 FRIDAY

______CONCLUSION (2 FULL PARAGRAPHS)

 Analyze your data and use it to draw conclusions  Defend why your results supported or failed to support your hypothesis  Relate your project to the real world  Did you have any problems with experimentation? Sources of error

Nov 2 Monday

______ABSTRACT ( Summary (250 words or less) of your project and must include:

Purpose Procedures Data (no graphs) Conclusion

Nov 9 FINAL DUE DATE!!!!!! ______COMPLETE JOURNAL

IF ENTERING THE SCIENCE FAIR:

______BACKBOARD READY ACCORDING THE DIAGRAM ON the Planning packet from the class website. ______Science Form filled out and signed

*All forms and rules can be accessed at: http://www.floridassef.net/