5th Grade Science Fair Information

Thursday, November 19, 2009

 

Date Due	Date Completed	Things to Do
Monday, September 21, 2009		Choose a topic and write a project question
Tuesday, September 29, 2009		Research the topic by using books, the Internet, and other resources.  Write a hypothesis.
Monday, October 5, 2009		Design an experiment to test the hypothesis
On going		Conduct the experiment and record observations. You might want to take pictures to use on your display.  Make a table or graph for data.  Draw one or more graphs of data.  Make Project Display
Monday, November 9, 2009		Write the project Report
Tuesday, November 17, 2009		Turn in completed project.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009		Projects are judged (No parents or students present during judging)
Thursday, November 19, 2009		Present the projects at the Science Fair during Parent Visitation

 Parent Visitation is Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 10:30 am- Parents are invited to visit their child's classroom on this date to view the science projects. Each parent and student will also be able to view the projects in other classrooms. After viewing the projects, the parents are invited to stay and eat lunch with their child. After lunch, they will be invited to visit the bookfair in the library.

Your Project Display Board is due on Tuesday, November 17, 2009.

Here are some tips on making this display:

Your project display will communicate to others what your project is all about. The display should be a stand-only, three-sided board, which can be purchased at Wal-Mart or Office Depot or made from poster board. It should include a brief description of the various parts of your investigation. Refer to your packet for an example on how to set up your board and write your reprot.  

Here is a picture of an example of a project display board you can follow for your presentation. This is different from the example that was sent home to you in the packet. Please know this and the one in the packet are both examples to help you get started.

 

     Reminder:   DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME on your display or in the report, but make sure a T (for Terrell) + your student number appears on both and can easily be seen by the judges.

 

 

 

 

 

Outline for Your Project Report

1. Cover Page - in the upper middle of the page, write the title of your project or your project question. Also include your class number on the cover page - no names, please.

2. Project Question - Begin your report by stating your project question.

3. Hypothesis - State your hypothesis.

4. Research - Write about what you found out from books, the Web, and other resources that helped you design an experiment and answer your project question.

5. Experiment Plan - Describe the design for your experiment. Be sure to describe the variables and how you set up a fair test.

6. Procedure - Describe how you carried out your experiment and what you found out.

7. Present Data - Include your data tables and graphs.

8. Conclusions - Compare your results to your hypothesis. Did your findings support your hypothesis or not?

9. Bibliography - Write a bibliography. A bibliography includes names of books, magazines, websites, and other resources you used for your project.