So You Have to Do a Science Fair Project

Name: So You Have to Do a Science Fair Project
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ISBN: 9780471202561

ISBN-10: 0471202568

ISBN-13: 9780471202561

Edition: 2002

Authors: Joyce Henderson, Heather Tomasello

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Written for children, this work shows beginners aged 8-12 how to do a science fair project. It gives lots of basic, practical advice in simple, friendly language and provides a list of ideas for good beginning projects.

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/22/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 8.56" wide x 11.02" long x 0.32" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Joyce Henderson is a freelance writer and experienced science fair judge. She is the author of three other books and many magazine articles. Heather Tomasello is a science fair award winner and researcher. Joyce and Heather recently collaborated on Strategies for Winning Science Fair Projects (Wiley).

JOYCE HENDERSON is a writer and experienced science fair judge. She is the author of two previous books and many magazine articles. HEATHER TOMASELLO is a science fair award winner, researcher, and academic advisor at the University of Florida.




So You Have to Do a Science Fair Project


Begin with a Question


Get out Your Logbook


Who Cares?



Where Do You Begin?: Project Ideas


Biological Projects


Physical Projects


Environmental Projects



Gathering Information: Think of It as a Treasure Hunt


What Do You Already Know and What Do You Need to Find Out?


Where Should You Look for Information?


Think of Key Words


Using the Internet


Ask an Expert


Organizing Your Information


Write Down the Source of Each Piece of Information



Guess What? The Hypothesis


The Null Hypothesis


Prove It or Not



Test Your Guess: Experimentation


A Recipe for Success: The Procedure


Controls and Variables


Safety


Materials


Just Do It!


What If You Encounter Trouble?



Write It Down: Recording Your Observations


Tables


A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words



Get It All Together: Organizing Your Data


Showing Qualitative Results


Showing Quantitative Results


What Is an Average?


Bar Graphs


Line Graphs


Pie Charts



Pick up the Pieces: The Research Paper


Title, Hypothesis, and Purpose


Background


Materials List and Procedure


Results


Conclusions


The Bibliography


Finishing Touches


How Long Should the Paper Be?


The Abstract



Show It Off: The Backboard


The Display


What Is a Backboard?


Cardboard Backboards


Building Your Own Backboard


Backboard Blues


All That Space


Putting It All Together


Mounting Mats and Papers


What Goes Where


Titles


Get Creative!



Make It Perfect: Finishing Touches


Table and Cloth


Photographs


Drawings


Your Research Paper


Reprints File


Resource Books


Your Logbook


Computers


Models


Effective Displays



Give It Your All: The Science Fair


Dress to Impress


Know What to Say


All Done?


What If the Judge Asks Me Something I Don't Know?


What Do Judges Want to See?



You're a Winner!


What's Next?


Beyond Your Local Science Fair


Glossary


Index