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Science Fair Project Observations = Data
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RECORD ALL MEASUREMENT DATA in TABLES AND CHARTS. Data is all your observations. For the GSDSEF, our observations are called "DATA RESULTS". Observations are made with your 5 senses: sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch. Data needs to be "Quantified"...turned into numbers for graphing. For instance: time, inches, quantities are great; but color needs to have a color chart made and numbers assigned to each color. · Design a data table before your experiment, but be flexible and redesign as needed! · Never lose this information - it must be included in the final paper, as part of the appendix! · Include EVERYTHING in your log -- all data, even if the experiment does not come out the way you expected! Be honest please -- even negative results are useful! KEEP YOUR HANDWRITTEN DATA COLLECTION IN YOUR LOGBOOK, even after it is typed for your report. Do NOT replace handwritten with a typed version. · Make accurate measurements! Use numbers! · Take photos as you perform your experiment! DATA RESULTS You will need a TYPED copy of your data for your notebook. · TYPE all data for your Science Project Notebook. · Include the Tables you created. · Include photographs and labeled sketches in color. · In several paragraphs, write general descriptions of your observations. That is, write out what happened during your experiment. This written description of the outcome to your experiments will require at least a page of your report. Put Log book of handwritten data in the appendix of your report. |
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