SCIENCEFAIRDISPLAYBOARDS:

SUGGESTIONS&GUIDELINES

EVERYONEMUSTINCLUDE:

Title/Question/Problem
BackgroundParagraphwith3+DefinedVocab
Terms
MaterialsList
Procedure
Pictures!
Conclusion
Yournames! *Yoursciencejournalshouldbeonyourtable!

SCIENCE/INQUIRY: TECHNOLOGY/ENGINEERING:

Hypothesis(Ifthen) Prototype(haveitatyourtabletoshowoff!)
Variables(manipulatedandresponding) DiagramofPrototype(hand-drawnisfine)
Data(eitheratableoraGRAPH!) RecommendedChanges

YOUMAYWANTTOADD:

ArtifactsfromyourExperiment(surveyyougave,videoyourecorded,wateryousampled,
bouncyballsyoumade,etc)
FunFacts
AudienceInteraction(letthemtryyourprototypeorexperiment!)
NOCANDY!

ITMUSTBE:

VisuallyAppealing
Neat
Informative
CompletedbyThursday4/13

 WHATSINASECTION?

TITLE/QUESTION/PROBLEM:Stateyourtitle/problemoraskyourquestioninLARGEFONTon
yourboardsoyouraudienceknowsexactlywhatyoullbepresentingon.

BACKGROUNDPARAGRAPHwith3+DEFINEDVOCABTERMS:Writeoneparagraph(atleast
fivesentences)givingyouraudiencebackgroundinformationonyourtopic.Whatscientific
principlesdidyouusetocompleteyourproject?Whyisyourtopicimportant?Defineany
vocabularyterms(atleastthree)belowyourparagraph.Youcouldalsounderlinetheseinyour
paragraph.

MATERIALSLIST:Listeverythingyouusedtocompleteyourproject(NOTacompleteparagraph).
Beasspecificaspossible(AAAbatteryNOTjustbattery)

PROCEDURE:Listthestepssomeonecouldfollowtoreplicateyourproject.Labeleachstepwitha
number(1.2.3.etc).Thisissimilartoarecipeinacookbook!

CONCLUSION:Writeoneparagraph(atleastfivesentences)thathighlightsyourquestionand
results.Whatdidyoulearn?Whyisyourtopicimportant?Whatwaschallenging?Whatwouldyou
changeifyouweretodoitagain?Whatsourcesoferrorcouldhavemessedupyourresults?What
issomethingthatwouldbecooltostudywithmoretime?

HYPOTHESIS(SCIENCE/INQUIRYONLY):Ifthenstatementthatpredictstheoutcome

VARIABLES(SCIENCE/INQUIRYONLY):Listyourmanipulatedvariable(whatdidyouchangeor
test?)andyourrespondingvariable(whatdidyoumeasure?)

DATA(SCIENCE/INQUIRYONLY):Createandprintagraph(bargraph,linegraph,orpiegraph)
usingGoogleSheetsbyinputtingyourQUANTIFIABLEdata.Icanshowyouhowtodothis
relativelyquicklyifyouscheduleatimewithme!Ifnographcanbecreated,includeyourrawdata
intheformofatable.

RECOMMENDEDCHANGES(TECHNOLOGY/ENGINEERINGONLY):Writeashortparagraph(at
leastthreesentences)thatbeginswithIfIweretodothisagainIwouldandexplainwhy.You
canmakemorethanonerecommendation!