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Science Fair Project The Procedures & Variables
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PROCEDURES (The DESIGN of your project) see below. For VARIABLES click on link! Procedures are the step-by-step recipe of how you performed your experiment! *** Be very precise and complete. Could someone in another state perform you lab EXACTLY as you did? Your procedure is one of the most important parts of your project! The way you plan and design your experiment will make or break your project. Judges look closely at procedures to see if EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN (the procedures) really answered the QUESTION that was to be solved. Write a minimum of a 15-step procedure in complete sentences, written in past tense (as if you had already done them). · Be specific, use diagrams, sketches, or photos if necessary. Do not include steps involving library research, obtaining materials, writing reports, etc. Start with the experiment itself. · Tell how often and what you will be measuring. BE DETAILED!! The procedures are so detailed that anyone reading them could perform your experiments EXACTLY as you did them with EXACTLY the same size, quantity, brands of equipment, subjects, etc. · Make sure you use a LARGE number of subjects/test runs in your experimentation or the results will not be believable leaving the experiment useless. · Consider your variables and controls! VARIABLES AND CONTROLS: There are four! See Link! Record Procedures, Variables and Controls in your Science Project Log. You will also need a TYPED copy for your notebook and me. |
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