Science FairScience Fair

Steps to a Successful Project:Steps to a Successful Project:

Step 1: Step 1: *Help your child to choose a topic that *Help your child to choose a topic that he/she is interested in and one that can be he/she is interested in and one that can be tested.tested.*The project must follow the steps *The project must follow the steps of the Scientific Method (p. 1 of handout). of the Scientific Method (p. 1 of handout). Demonstrations are not acceptable.Demonstrations are not acceptable.

Step 2:

*Help your student locate references about the topic of his/her experiment.* The student will read a variety of references and write a summary of his/her findings (two or more paragraphs).*The student will form a hypothesis based on his/her research and observations.

Step 3:Step 3:

*Gather the materials needed to *Gather the materials needed to perform the experiment.perform the experiment.

*Help your child take the necessary *Help your child take the necessary safety precautions to insure a safe safety precautions to insure a safe project.project.

Step 4:Step 4:

*Supervise your child as he/she *Supervise your child as he/she performs the experiment a minimum of performs the experiment a minimum of 3 times and records the results.3 times and records the results.

Step 5:Step 5:

*Your student will write a report based *Your student will write a report based on his/her findings. (See Instructions for on his/her findings. (See Instructions for Report on p. 1 of the handout.)Report on p. 1 of the handout.)

*Proofread your student’s work and *Proofread your student’s work and suggest any necessary changes.suggest any necessary changes.

Step 6:Step 6:

*Help your student *Help your student create his/her visual create his/her visual display. (See Science display. (See Science Fair Requirements on Fair Requirements on p. 3 of the handout)p. 3 of the handout)

*Don’t forget to *Don’t forget to include a chart, graph, include a chart, graph, photos, or other data photos, or other data on the board.on the board.

Step 7:Step 7:

*Review the Science Fair Judging Sheet *Review the Science Fair Judging Sheet (on (on

p. 2 of the handout) to be sure that p. 2 of the handout) to be sure that everything has been included.everything has been included.

Step 8:Step 8:

*Have your student practice what he/she *Have your student practice what he/she will say for the oral presentation and be will say for the oral presentation and be sure that he/she can answer questions sure that he/she can answer questions about the project.about the project.

*Remind your child that the important thing is what has been learned from the project, not if he/she wins a prize or not.

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*At TMS, the report will be *At TMS, the report will be

in front of the project board, in front of the project board,

and the application and the application

will be on the bottom will be on the bottom

right of the board.right of the board.