Science Fair Project


Observations = Data
 

 

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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