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ScientificMethodandNarrative
AllprojectsmustusetheScientificMethodandmustcontainavariable(somechangeintheprocedurewherecomparisons
canbemade)thathasbeentestedwithatleast5trials.Ademonstrationprojectmodelsascientificconceptorprinciple
withouttestingavariable.Itdisplaysfactsorinformationandmaybeputondisplay,butwillnotbejudged.
Allthefollowingcomponentsmustbeincludedintheprojectpresentationexcepttheextensiveresearchpaperwhichis
optional.Theproblem,hypothesis,procedure,observations/resultsandconclusionshouldappearonthe
presentationsboard.Allothermaterialsareconsideredextraneousandshouldbeplacedwiththedisplayinany
optionalspace,eitherontheboardoronthetablewiththeboard.
I.PROBLEM:Thequestiontobetested.
Shouldbestatedasaninterrogativesentenceimplyingmorethanayesornoresponse.
Shouldidentifytheindependentvariable(thefactorthatischangedortested)andthedependentvariable(whatwill
bemeasuredorshouldchange).
Examples:Whatistheeffectof___on___?
or
Howdo/does____affect____?
or
To
whatextentdo/does____affect____?
II.HYPOTHESIS:Aneducatedguessthatoutlineswhatisbelievedtobetheintendedoutcomeoftheexperiment.
1.
Shouldalsocontainastatementofwhythisoutcomewillbeobservedbasedonsomekindofbackground
knowledge.
Participantmayuseanyofthefollowingmodelsinhelpingthemconstructahypothesis.
IfI_______then______,because_________.
__________,whenI________because___________.
IfIchange________then________will(changeby)______,because_______.
Thestatementthat_______(is/isnot)truebecause________.
(More/Less)________will_________,because_________.
III.PROCEDURE:Alistofthestepsusedtoconducttheexperiment.
Eachstatementshouldbeginwithanactionverbandcontainadescriptionoftheuseoftheconstant,independent
anddependentvariables.
Amaterialslistshouldbeincluded.
Indicateaminimumof5trials.
IV.OBSERVATIONS/RESULTS:Collectedquantitativedatafromtheexperiment.
1.
Shouldbedisplayedwithachart,graph,pictures,log/journalorsomeothertypeofrecordingdevicethataccurately
showswhathappenedwhiletheexperimentwasbeingconducted.
2.
Shoulddisplaydatacollectionof5ormoretrials.
V.CONCLUSION:Aninterpretation/analysisoftheobservations/resultsoftheexperimentalprocedure.
Stateswhetherthehypothesiswasorwasnotsupported.
Answersthequestion"Whatwaslearned?".
Theresultsshouldbeinterpretedandjustified,butshouldnotbestatedasaproof.
Maycontainastatementaboutfurtherexploration.
VII.NARRATIVEREPORT:This23page,12fontdoublespaceddocument(iftyped),excludingattachedbibliography,is
designedtohelpfacilitatejudging.
Coverpageisoptional.
Shouldgiveabriefoverviewoftheproject,ashortreviewofresearch,andanyotherinformationthatwould
provideevidenceforassessingtheproject.
Bibliographyfor:
4thand5thgradeprojectsshouldcontainoneormoresources.
6ththrough8thgradeprojectsshouldhaveaminimumof3sources.
9ththrough12thgradeprojectsshouldhaveaminimumof5sources.
VIII.RESEARCHPAPER:Optionalforgrades48.Mandatoryforgrades912.
Thispapermaybeanylengthandshouldcontainresearchedinformationthatsupportstheexperiment.
Shouldcontainacompletebibliographyofsourcesandbeplacedwithextraneousmaterials.