Science Fair #6 is your rough draft. Below is a copy of this assignment.
Assignment 6
For your rough draft, you need to do the following:
1. Correct or update your Purpose, Hypothesis, Materials, Procedure and preliminary Data and Charts/Graphs.
2. Begin to work on your Analysis whether or not you have data. List your sources of errors as well.
3. Put your bibliography at the end.
Your report should follow this order:
? Purpose
The purpose of this experiment is ……
? Hypothesis
It is hypothesized that ………
? Materials
In a vertical list, please. Make sure that all materials are listed along with the amounts that you used or that you needed.
? Procedure
Numbered, complete steps. Make sure that whatever you have done appears in the procedure.
? Data/Observation
1. Whatever information you have at this point should be in your data or observation area. If you have made observations, those should be in paragraph form – that means complete sentences as well. “On the first day, I observed …”
2. Also, if you have made sketches of any of your set-up or observations, those should be placed here as well.
? Charts/Graphs
All data needs to be in a properly labeled chart. Graph labels should correspond to chart categories.
? Analysis (paragraph form)
1. Start with a recap of your research. Why did you choose this topic?
2. What major materials did you use and what results did you get?
3. Why did you get those results?
4. Sources of Error?
5. What would you change if you were to do this again?
? Conclusion (only if you are finished ?)
What did you learn? What possible implications does this have for society at large?
? Bibliography
Anything or anyone that you used as a reference!
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