Science Fair Paper Format Due: April 8Th, 2013

Science FairPaperFormatDue: April 8th, 2013

Thispacketwill show your whatyour

final Science Fair written reportshould looklike. Includepagenumbersoneachpage of your paper. Each page shouldbe labeledwiththenameofthesectionexceptfor the Title Page and the Table of Contents. Allotherpagesshouldbetitledwiththename ofthesection.

YourProject’sTitle

Shouldbe centered several inches below

the topofthepage. Yourname,gradeanddate should be listed in the lower righthand corner.

FirstandLastname

5th Grade

April 8, 2013

Table of Contents

List eachsectionandthepagenumberwhereit begins. Dothisafterwritingyourfinal draft.

Example:

Table ofContents……………...……………………...... 2

Introduction…………………………..…………………...... 3Problem/Question(Purpose) Hypothesis ……4Research…………………………………….………………… 5MaterialsandProcedure ……………………….……….6Data/Observations/(Results) ………………………...8Conclusions ………………………………………………...… 11Acknowledgements………………………………………. 13 Bibliography…………………………………………………. 14

INTRODUCTION (SECTION3)

Explainhow and why you chose thisexperiment. Includeimportant backgroundinformationthatrelatesto

your topic. Remembertograbyourreader’sattention. Getthem asinterestedin your topic as you are. INCLUDE SOMERESEARCHONYOURTOPIC. The

introduction shouldbenomorethanone

page.

Grammar andspellingcount.

PROBLEM (PURPOSE)HYPOTHESIS (SECTION 4)

STATE THEMINONE OR TWO SENTENCESEACH:

PROBLEM: Thepurposeofmyexperiment

isto find out…

HYPOTHESIS: Ibelieve that…

Grammar andspellingcount.

RESEARCH (SECTION5)

Includes your independent and

dependentvariables as wellas your

findings.This should be stated clearly

andconcisely.

Tellmeaboutyourtopic(notyourexperimentbutyourtopic). Examplequestionstoask yourselfinclude:

•Whatisthehistoryofmyexperiment?

•Whodiscovered/wasgivencreditfordiscoveringit?

•Howdoesitwork(Definevocabularywords)?

•Howhasitchangedovertime?

•HowhasitaffectedtheUS? Theworld?

•Whathaveotherscientistsfoundoutaboutyourtopic?

Afteryouhavecollectedyour research,put it intoyour ownwords. Then, relate what youfoundout toyour specifictopic. Finally,at theendofthis section,addasentenceor twothat says howyour researchis relatedtoyour topic.

Example:NowthatIknowaboutstaticelectricity,Iwantedto

test thesetheories out for myself.

MATERIALS ANDPROCEDURES(SECTION 6)

List materialsverticallyandbespecific. Usematerials’namesandamounts.

Explainyourprocedure step by step, in

sequentialorder. Use appropriate

measurements andunitswhennecessary. Drawings/sketches/pictureshelp makeyourmethodmoreclear…includethem. Ifyouconstructedanymaterialsorequipment, explainthem HERE. Includesafetyinformationandmultipletrialsofyourexperimentto demonstrateagoodsamplesize.

Grammar andspellingcount.

DATA/OBSERVATIONS/(RESULTS )

(SECTION 7)

Present your results neatly in paragraph

form toshowevidenceofyourfindings.YoumustALSOINCLUDEA

CHART/GRAPH/TABLE/PHOTOS. Make

sure they are wellorganized,

understandable,andproperly labeled. Grammarandspellingcount.

CONCLUSION (SECTION 8)

Writethissection afteryou havefinished

preparing yourresults. Briefly

summarize yourresults in the past tense. Restateyour hypothesis in the present

tenseandtell how yourdata supportedor

didnotsupportyour hypothesis. Give

yourinterpretation of your results and discuss their significance. Don’thesitate to mentiondifficultiesyouhadormistakesyoumade. Includeotherinformationthatrelatesto yourprojectthat you obtainedthroughresearch. Giveone or two suggestions for what the nextexperimentmightbe(relatedtoyourexperiment)basedonyourresults. Grammar andspellingcount.

ACKNOWLEDGEMETNS (SECTION9)

Thank the people who helped you with

yourproject and whatthey helped you

with. Thissection isoptional.

BIBLIOGRAPHY(SECTION10)

Listany books,articles,websites,etc.that

yourusedorgotinformationfrom for

yourproject. Make sure they are listed in alphabetical order andusethe appropriateformat

Use theattachedformatforyour

bibliography.

Bibliography FormattingSheet

Thissourceisa: book Magazine _ Newspaper _ Website _ Other_
Author’sLastName FirstName MiddleInitial
DatePublished / Publication/WebsiteTitle
TitleofArticle (periodicals, Encyclopedias,websites)
PlacePublished (booksonly) / Publisher (books only) / Editor
(ifapplicable)
Edition
(ifapplicable) / Volume# (Periodical or Encyclopedia) / PageNumber(s)
Websiteisa: Company Organization Government Newspaper/Magazine Other
TheURLis only) / LastDateof Access(Websites only)
Thissourceisa: book Magazine Newspaper Website Other
Author’sLastName FirstName MiddleInitial
DatePublished / Publication/WebsiteTitle
TitleofArticle (periodicals, Encyclopedias,websites)
PlacePublished (booksonly) / Publisher (books only) / Editor
(ifapplicable)
Edition
(ifapplicable) / Volume# (Periodical or Encyclopedia) / PageNumber(s)
Websiteisa: Company Organization Government Newspaper/Magazine Other
TheURLis only) / LastDateof Access(Websites only)
Thissourceisa: book Magazine Newspaper Website Other
Author’sLastName FirstName MiddleInitial
DatePublished / Publication/WebsiteTitle
TitleofArticle (periodicals, Encyclopedias,websites)
PlacePublished (booksonly) / Publisher (books only) / Editor
(ifapplicable)
Edition
(ifapplicable) / Volume# (Periodical or Encyclopedia) / PageNumber(s)
Websiteisa: Company Organization Government Newspaper/Magazine Other
TheURLis only) / LastDateof Access(Websites only)