1. SCIENCE FAIR 2010

2. Science fair project ideas shouldn't make you sweat! In fact, any science fair project idea shouldn't be scary at all! We want you to do well no matter what your idea is. Then the science fair comes around, and, uh- oh. What do you do if you have no clue.

3. So what do you do? We are here to guide you through the 10 easy steps for a good science fair project that is just right for H N I kids. Just follow these ten steps and you're on your way to following the “Scientific Method” to completing an investigation. By the way, it's not too difficult — it can even be (gasp!) fun to learn something. Follow these steps, and you'll have a great chance of doing well!

4. First Choose a topic that interests you. Find a good science fair project idea that interests you. It needs to be something exciting, something that you won't "hafta do" and something that will make you jump and shout when you win that prize!

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6. Second Talk about your chosen topic with someone. Ask lots of simple questions. Make sure you understand what you are investigating. Purchase a log book.

7. Third Develop an important question. This is called your Aim. This one will be what your project is all about. Your whole project should have this idea in it. You should come up with a question that you can test. Write down this question because you'll need it later.

8. Fourth Guess the answer to your question. This is called the hypothesis. Don't let this word scare you. It only means the answer that you guessed about your important question. In fact you should write it down next to your important question. Don't change it! Even if during the experiment you think it's wrong, don't change it! START YOUR LOG BOOK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN YOUR SCIENCE FAIR

9. Fifth List the equipment you need to test the question you have chosen. Write this list. It serves two purposes... First, you will use it later when you make a display. Second, it helps make sure you don't forget something when you do the next steps.

10. Sixth Gather the items on your list. If you think the project is too hard, this is where to stop and find another. Pretty much, you won't be able to look back from here.

11. Seventh Do your experiment to test your question. Do as much as safely possible having someone older help with anything that may be hard to do. Take lots of photos. You guessed right, you'll use them later.

12. Eighth Record your results from your testing. You will use them later as well.

13. Ninth Write a report about what happened. Write one or two paragraphs. If you need help, use some of these sentence starters.

14. The Aim of my science fair project My Hypothesis My Method My Results My Report My Conclusion

15. Make sure to include at least one graph or chart if your project lets you do that. The Judges love to see graphs and charts. So try to include one if at all possible.

16. Prepare your science fair project display. Now, gather everything you wrote down. Type or neatly copy the things you wrote. You will need to buy a display board from the school office for $10.00. Make labels with the words “Aim," “Hypothesis," “Equipment," “Method," “Results," “Report,“ and Conclusion. Tenth

17. Practice different layouts. Find a layout that you like. Neatly attach the titles, pages, and photos to the science fair project display. Prepare any samples to set on the table in front of your display.

18. Remember you will be required to give a speech about your Science Fair Project and what you found out so practice telling what you did several times.

19. Enjoy the Science Fair! BEST OF LUCK