ScienceFair2013 ClassroomPresentationsDecember4,2013 BooneScienceFairDecember13,2013(ifselected) RegionalScienceFairJanuary31,2014(TrumanCollege,ifselected) TypesofScienceFairProjects Experiment:Asktestablequestionswhereahypothesiscanbeprovedordisproved.Youshouldfollowgood experimentaldesignincludingacompleteprocedurewherethereisatestandacontrol,identifyvariables, researchthebackgroundonthequestion,proposeahypothesis,conducttheinvestigation,collectdata,anddraw aconclusion. Invention:Somepeopleliketoseetheirresultsputtopracticaluse.Theyseealocalproblemandproposea solution.Whatmakesitscientificisthatthechangetheyproposeismeasuredandrecordedwithqualitativeand/or quantitativedata.Ifyouchoosethisoption,youwillfindevidencethatyoursolutionworkedoritdidn'tworkas wellasexplainwhyyoursolutionworkedordidntwork.

Pagesincludedinthispacket: ProjectPlanningGuide Timeline RequiredScientificPapers ScoringGuide

CutandreturntoyourteacherbySeptember25,2013 IunderstandthattheprojectmustbeapprovedbytheteacherbeforeIcanbeginanyinvestigationandresearch work.Ialsounderstandthatprojectmustbecompletedontimeandwillcounttowardsmysciencegrade. IfIchoosetoworkwithapartner(2studentsperprojectmaximum),Iunderstandthatallworkmustbe completedoutsideofschool,thereforeitsimportanttomakesuremypartnercancoordinateschedulesbefore webeginworking. StudentSignature____________________________________________Date:___________ Ireceivedthepacketregardingthesciencefairassignmentandthetimelinethatmychildmustcomplete. Iunderstandthatifmystudentisselected,IwillprovideachaperonandtransportationtoandfromTruman College1145WWilsonAveChicago,IL60640 ParentSignature_____________________________________Date:_________________

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ThisisyourScienceFairInformationPacket.Pleasekeepitsafeasyouwillnotreceiveanotherone.Ifyou needanothercopy,thispacketisavailableonwww.boonescholars.comontheScienceFairInformationpage. Pleasenotetheduedatesandrecognizethatsometasksshouldbeconductedatthesametime. ProjectPlanningGuide 1.ChooseaTopic Chooseacategorythatinterestsyou Askaquestionaboutthattopic.Yourquestionshouldbesomethingyoucaninvestigate,eitherthroughan experimentand/ordesignaninventiontosolveareallifeproblem 2.Decidewhichtypeofprojectyouwanttocomplete(experimentorinvention) Chooseatopic. Getapprovalfromyourteacher Note:Studentswhowanttousepeople,animalsormicrobesastestsubjectsneedtocompleteaCPS endorsementform(duetotheCPSregionalcoordinatorbyNovember4,2013).Studentswillgettheforms fromtheirteacher.Also,studentswhousehumansastestsubjectsmusthavethosepeopleorguardianscomplete aninformedconsentformpriortoparticipatingintheinvestigationasnotedinCPSpolicy. 3.Proceedscientifically Decideontheexactquestionorproblemandwriteitclearly. Besurethattheproblemchoseniswithinyouravailableabilitiesandresources. Researchthetopic.Themostimportantpartofaresearchprojectisfindingoutasmuchaspossibleabout the problem before you begin the experiment. Make sureyourresourcesarelegitimate. Writedown thesitesyouvisitedtofindinformation. Write a hypothesis to be tested. A hypothesis is based on observations but notyetbeenproven.Design anexperimenttotestthehypothesis. How will you measure, observe, and recordwhathappensineachaspectoftheproject?Rememberthat every experiment must have a control.l The control is used to comparetothetest. Thecontrolisthe partoftheexperimentwhereallthevariablesarekeptthesamethroughouttheentireexperiment. Donotdismissorchangenegativeresults.Usethemtomodifythehypothesisthentestagain. Follow the time schedules. Remember that constant evaluation of the research takes place from the first steptothefinalconclusion. Helpfulwebsites: http://www.boonescholars.com/sciencefair.html http://cpsscifair.org/ http://www.ipl.org/div/projectguide/choosingatopic.html http://www.sciencebuddies.org/ http://www.allsciencefairprojects.com/resources.php Emailwithquestions:shabeebuddin@cps.edu(ifyouarenotabletoemail,writeyourquestionsonpaperandI willwritearesponseback) Also,Imavailabletomeetwithindividualorsmallgroupsofstudentsafterschool.Pleasemakearrangements oneweekinadvance. Timeline Mytestablequestionis:______________________________________________________________OR

Myideaforaninventionis:____________________________________________________________ *=itemstobecheckedbytheteacher

Task Showthispacketaparent/guardiantosignature DecideonFIVEtopicsWriteapurposeforeachtopic.Your teacherwillapproveONEtopictoinvestigate.Onceyourtopicis approved,youshouldstartconductingresearchimmediately. Conductbackgroundresearchaboutyourtopic(afterapproved) Designtheprocedureforyourexperimentoftheapprovedtopic (sendtotheScienceFairfolderseedirectionstoMs.minGoogle Drivebytheduedate) GatherMaterials Collectdatathroughanexperimentorhavetheinventionbuilt. (humansparticipatinginatestmustcompleteaninformedconsent form,pleaseallowtimeforpeopletoreturntheform) Youmustscheduleclasstimeifyouplantotestyourclassmates oneweekinadvance. Organizeandanalyzethedata Writetheabstract(asummaryofthedatayoucollectedwhich includesthepurpose,hypothesis,conclusionandanalysis) Writetheresearchpaper(asummaryofthedatayoucollected combinedwithinformationyoureadfromotherscientists,writtenin yourownwords) CreateavisuallypleasingdisplayofyourresearchDoNotGluethe datatoyourboardYoushouldlightlytapetheinformationincase youneedtomakechangestoyourpresentationboard. BringProjecttoSchool Presenttotheclass Makeappropriaterevisions ParticipateinBooneSchoolScienceFairifselected DirectionstoaddinformationtoyourGoogleDrivefolder:
Logontoourgoogleaccount. ClickonDrive. TopLeft>Createbutton>ClickonFolder. NametheFolder7thor8thLASTNAMEScienceFair. ClickonDriveagainifyoudonotseethefolderonyourwindow. Clicktheboxontheleftsideofyourfolder. AtthetopClickthedropdownmenuthatstates(MORE). ClickonShare. TypemyEmailaddressundertheInvitePeople(shabeebuddin@cps.edu) ClickShareandSave.ClickDONE.

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RequiredScientificPapers InformedConsentAnypersonparticipatingaspartofascientificinvestigationshouldsignaformcalled InformedConsentthatexplainstheprocedureBEFOREtheexperimentisconducted.Anyoneunder18needs

theirguardiansapprovalaswell. AbstractTheAbstractisaconcise,onepageabbreviationoftheResearchSummary.Itshouldcontainonly informationorstatementsthatareaninherentpartoftheResearchSummary.TheAbstractconsistsofthree paragraphs(purpose,procedure,andconclusions)havingatotalof200wordsorfewer.TheAbstractis requiredforallprojects.Wordsandphrasesshouldbecarefullychosensothatthefullimpactoftheresearchis conveyedintheminimumnumberofwords.Thelimitofthreeparagraphsconsistingof200wordsorfewerwill bestrictlyenforced.TheAbstractmustbedisplayedonthefrontoftheexhibitorsdisplayboard. ResearchSummaryTheResearchSummaryisexplainstheinvestigationindetail.Specificcriteriahavebeen establishedforthepreparationofthisreport.Detailsforwritingthispaperareasfollows: TitlePageProjectTitle,Date,YourName TableofContentsThelistoftopicsormattercontainedinthepaper,includingpagenumbers. AcknowledgmentsAlistofanyonethathelpedthestudentresearcherwiththeproject. PurposeandHypothesisAnexplanationofwhatistobeaccomplishedbydoingthisresearch.A descriptionoftheexpectedoutcomeshouldbeincluded. ReviewofLiteratureAsummaryaboutwhatotherresearchershavediscoveredonthesametopic. Materialswithacopyrightdateof2001orlatershouldbeusedwheneverpossibleorappropriate. Studentresearchersshoulduseabibliographytositetheirsourcesofinformation. MaterialsandMethodsAcompletelistofthematerialsusedintheresearch.Howthematerialsinthe researchproblemwereusedshouldbeincluded.Drawingsand/orphotographsareappropriateifthey enhanceorclarifytheexplanation. ResultsAclear,concisepresentationofthedataaccumulatedasaresultoftheprocedure.Drawings, charts,graphs,andotheritemspertinenttotheprojectshouldbeincluded.Captionallphotographs. Labelalldrawings,charts,graphs.Alwayslabelaxesofthegraphs.Attractivechartsandgraphs,either computergeneratedorhanddrawn,areimportantinconveyingresults. ConclusionsAconcisesummaryofthedataandresults.Opinionsoftheresultsmaybeexpressedinthis section.Theconclusionsshouldbelimitedtoresultsoftheinvestigationandshouldrefertothestated purposeandhypothesis.Theeffectsofexperimentalerrorshouldbeestimatedandconsideredwhile makingconclusions.

ScoringGuidelines Themainobjectiveofaninvestigativeprojectistoencouragescientificthinking. Evidenceofknowledgegained 5 4 3 2 1 Isthereevidencethatthestudenthasacquiredscientificknowledgeorscientificskillsbydoingthisproject? Doesthestudentrecognizethescopeandlimitationsoftheproblemselected? Evidenceofscientificapproach 5 4 3 2 Wasascientificapproachapplied? Didthestudentsetupaplanandcollectappropriatedata? 1

Evidenceofindividualwork 5 4 3 2 1 Hasthestudentgathereddatafromexperimentsdonebythehim/herselfinsteadoffromtheresultsofothers? Didthestudentuseavarietyofsourcestofindwhatotherhaddiscoveredinthesameother,thenusethis informationtodirecthis/herownthinkingandresearch? Evidenceofcareandattentiontodetails 5 4 3 2 1 Didthestudentapplyorshowanunderstandingoftheneedfor:repeatingtrials,usingalargesamplesizeand controllingvariablesinexperimentsinordertoreachvalidconclusions? Doesthefinalanalysisoftheproblemmakesenseaccordingtothedatacollected? Validityofconclusions 5 4 3 2 1 Didthestudentshypothesisstartwithknownfactsthatcouldbetested? Aretheconclusionsconsistentwiththedata? Qualityofvisualpresentation 5 4 3 2 1 Istheexhibitattractive? Doestheexhibiteffectivelypresentthethemeoftheproject? Hasdatabeenpresentedinthemostexplicitwayfortheparticulartypeofinformationinvolved? Oralpresentation 5 4 3 2 1 Isthepresentationcleartounderstandandinteresting? Doesthepresentationincludeenoughinformationtobeconvincing? Didthepresenterspeakinwaythatkeptyourattention? 5ExcellentWork!noimprovementneeded 4GreatJob!Iaccomplishedallthegoals,butIcouldhavetakenthetimetoapplymorescientificor smartervocabulary. 3Nice...Ididmybest.AlltheinformationIhaveiscorrectbutImightbemissinginformation,havemisspelled words,orIdidntpracticewhatIwantedtosay. 2Itried,butSomeofmyinformationmaybeincorrectand/orImaybemissinginformation. 1ThiswasalearningexperienceMostofmyinformationisincorrect,Ihavemissinginformation,andmy grammarandspellingareincorrect.