Science Fair is a new experience for many middle school students. This ppt gives an introduction to the steps required to complete a project successfully.

1. WHMS SCIENCE FAIR
A GUIDE TO A GREAT PROJECT

2. SEVEN STEPS TO SUCCESS
• Choose a Topic
• Research to Gain Background Knowledge
• Formulate your Purpose and Hypothesis
• Design your Experiment
• Prepare your Display
• Write your Report
• Prepare your Oral Presentation

3. Choose a Topic
• Design a question on a topic that interests you. Then
write a proposal and pass it to your teacher.

4. Research to Gain Background Knowledge
• You can talk to experts; go to the library and search the
internet.
• Keep a daily log of what you are doing.

5. Formulate the Purpose and Hypothesis

6. Design your Experiment
• Determine your procedure
• Gather your materials
• Keep an accurate record of your results
• Organize your data into charts and graphs

7. Prepare your Display

8. Write your Report
• Required Elements:
• Title page
• Purpose
• Hypothesis
• Materials
• Procedure
• Results
• Conclusions
• Acknowledgements

9. Prepare your Oral Presentation
Good volume
Science Vocabulary Eye contact
Speak clearly
Speak
clearly
Explain your Be prepared to
experiment Answer questions
and demonstrate
model

10. A Few Pieces of Advice
• Be sure to choose an area of interest
• Ask for help when you need it
• Talk to your parents
• Don’t procrastinate
• Edit all written work
• Break up the project into small chunks
• Have fun!
Watch the video coming up to get more ideas
to help make your project great!

11. • The following video follows Jack and Jessica as they
prepare for the Science Fair.
• http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/sci
ence-space-kids/science-fair-kids.html