1. Science Fair Title
Name
Period
Teacher

2. Abstract
No more than 250 word summary of the project and should include: the research question, hypothesis, procedures (not in a list), data collected and the conclusion. This should be in paragraph for.*DO NOT COMPLETE THIS PART UNTIL THE END OF THE PROJECT

3. Introduction/Background Research
5-7 sentence paragraph from page 17 of your science fair packet

4. Research Question/Problem
The research question should be in question form, clearly stated and testable

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

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

7. Control Group
Control: (This is the original experiment that you will compare the rest of your testing to)

8. Constants
Constants: (The parts of the experiment that are not changed. You need up to 5 constants in your experiment.)

9. Materials
The materials should be listed out, very specific, and aligned with the procedures. They need to be in bullet form and they need to be the metric system!

10. Procedures
Procedures should be listed step-by-step. You should be able to visualize the experiment as you read the procedures. These should be very detailed and specific. They need to be numbered and use the metric system as well.

11. 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 or any other graphing program that you may have used)

12. Data Analysis
This should be where you talk about what you found in your data that was collected. This section does not explain WHY the data came out the way that it did, instead, it just mentions trends, outliers, averages etc

13. Conclusion
This conclusion should be in paragraph form and at least 5-7 sentences long. It should restate the if, then, because statement and discuss whether the hypothesis was supported or not, the data, and what the students learned from doing the experiment.

14. 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.

15. References
Your references should include 4 sources that support your research. These could include websites, books, magazines etc. Must be in MLA format 1. 2. 3. 4.