1. Science Fair Title (a creative one…)
First and Last Name
Class Period
Teacher

2. Introduction/Background Research
These 2 paragraphs should include 6 to 8 sentences each. It needs to have an attention grabber to get the reader interested in your experiment. Include background research information with scientific details. It should conclude with the Problem or question that the lab is answering (What you are trying to find out?) (Why?) (How will this project benefit society?).

3. Research Question
The research question should be in question form, clearly stated and testable

4. Hypothesis
The hypothesis should be a statement that is related to the research question, and should be an If-then-because statement.

5. Variables
Independent Variable (Manipulated): (The variable you purposely changed)
Dependent Variable (Responding): (The variable that is being observed, which changes in response to the independent variable)

6. Constants
Constants: (The parts of the experiment that are not changed)

7. Materials
The materials should be listed out, very specific, and aligned with the procedures.

8. Procedures
Procedures should be listed and numbered step-by-step. You should be able to visualize the experiment as you read the procedures.
BE VERY DETAILED!!!!

9. Graph and Data Table
You should have a clearly labeled graph and data table for this section. (Cut and paste your chart and graph here from Excel)

10. Pictures
Minimum of 3 pictures from your actual experiment!

11. Data Analysis
This should be where you talk about what you found in your data that was collected (1-2 paragraphs).

12. Conclusion
This conclusion should be in paragraph form and at least 10 sentences long. It should discuss whether the hypothesis was supported or not, the data, and what the students learned from doing the experiment (1-2 paragraphs).

13. Future Research
The Future Research should be in paragraph form and should include experimental errors that may have affected your results and how they will be corrected. If this experiment were to be done again, how would it be changed or expanded upon (1-2 paragraphs).

14. Abstract
A one page summary of the project and should include: the research question, hypothesis, procedures (not in a list), data collected and the conclusion. This should be 4 paragraphs:
Research question and Hypothesis (1 paragraph):
Procedures (1 paragraph):
Data collected (1 paragraph):
Conclusion (1 paragraph):

15. References
Your references should include 2 to 6 sources that support your research. These could include websites, books, magazines etc. 1. 2. 3. 4.