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Science Fair Project Getting an Idea!
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SCIENCE FAIR: GETTING THE IDEA A science fair project! What to do??? Do I have to find a cure for cancer??? A way to end pollution? An endless supply of inexpensive electricity? HELP!! WHOA!! Quit biting your nails! You’re not expected to win a Nobel Prize with your very first project (that can wait a year or two)! What are you expected to do?? Well, first of all, you’ve got to select a topic. And, how, you ask, do you do that? "Overall, judges prefer a simple experiment wherein the Investigator displays complete mastery of the underlying theory and can thoroughly explain why the experiment turns out the way it does over a more sophisticated project that the student understands poorly. # OK to repeat an experiment first done 1, 10, or 100 years ago, # Originality more often displayed in technique and presentation." Science Buddies See the NEW Link to Science Buddies...TOPIC Wizard!...great help! Or Checklist #1 should help. All you have to do is fill in the blanks. CHECKLIST #1 - DECIDING ON A PROJECT STEP 1 LIST 10 THINGS YOU ARE INTERESTED IN: (examples: playing the piano, football, computers, people watching, plants, chemistry, skateboards, animals, photography) OR : HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED ABOUT: (examples: is black print easier to read than blue? Do brown eggs have more cholesterol than white? Would a helicopter fly better if it had more blades? what care do computer disks really need? Which fishing line is the strongest?) 1._______________________________________ 2._______________________________________ 3._______________________________________ 4._______________________________________ 5._______________________________________ 6._______________________________________ 7._______________________________________ 8._______________________________________ 9._______________________________________ 10.______________________________________ If you listed the things you like, pick 4 and ask yourself 5 questions about it... questions you’d really like to know the answers to. For example, let’s say you really like football. Your questions might include, “Can I write a computer program to predict the outcome of this year’s NFL games?” Would young players learn faster if the coach used a computer to diagram plays?” “Do Pac-Man whizzes make better passers?” Or, getting away from computers, “Do players with thicker necks suffer fewer injuries?” Does artificial turf produce more touchdowns?’ “What is the relationship between body fat and running speed?” Get the idea?? Okay, your turn. MY QUESTIONS ARE: TOPIC: ___________________ 1._________________________________________ 2._________________________________________ 3._________________________________________ 4._________________________________________ 5._________________________________________ TOPIC: ___________________ 1._________________________________________ 2._________________________________________ 3._________________________________________ 4._________________________________________ 5._________________________________________ TOPIC: ___________________ 1._________________________________________ 2._________________________________________ 3._________________________________________ 4._________________________________________ 5._________________________________________ IF YOU COULD PICK YOUR FAVORITE TOPIC, WHICH WOULD IT BE?? ___________________________________________________________________ Now fill out Contract with Paluso (see link) and email it to Mrs. Paluso for approval! Yes, you may get approval even if it's summer! I'd love it! ppaluso@earthlink.net or click on my name at bottom of this page. After getting approval, it's on to your Research! Check out the Research paper link. Note: If find my pages useful, please email me to let me know! And thank you!!! |
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