1. You will have ample time to work on this during the last nine
weeks of school DURING class time. As this is a major part
of your grade, this is VERY IMPORTANT.

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rqcg7BJwJM&index
=2&list=PLLvf0rO_bj8Vis_4r1xOG0UhonwhXJuZy

3.  Organize a team and pick a topic!
 Submit proposal (1 paragraph per team)
 Background research (At least 5 citations and 3
summary sentences per resource)
 Submit Question, Hypothesis, and Variables
 Design experiment
 Submit designs
 Complete your experiment!
 Organize a team and pick a topic!
 Submit proposal (1 paragraph per team)
 Background research (At least 5 citations and
3 summary sentences per resource)
 Describe your need, criteria, and constraints
 Draw Prototype Design
 Submit designs
 Build your prototype!
Science Project Engineering Project

4.  Collect Data
 Analyze Results
 Write Conclusion
 Write Lab report
 Design your board
 Win science fair!

5.  Work by yourself, with a partner or group of three
 Groups cannot be larger than 3 people!
 No volcanos!
 You will have to get a science fair board. (Cost about $3)
 Required!
 Science Fair is….
 Whole school is competing!
 We’ll have judges and prizes!
 Winners will go to county science fair next year!

6.  These parts count as test grades:
 Proposal
 Lab Book
 Science Report (counts 2 times!)
 Project Board
 Presentation
 These parts count as classwork grades:
 Background research
 Submitting question, hypothesis, and variables (or need, criteria and constraints)
 Submitting Designs
 Revising Designs
 Data Analysis
 Conclusion

8. You can look on the Science Fair tab under Mrs. McCarthy’s
website for ideas!

9. DON’T JUST PICK A TOPIC—
CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AND IT WILL BE
MUCH EASIER!!!

10.  Test a commercial claim (best brand of paper towels, best toilet paper, best tooth
paste, longest lasting battery, etc)
 Fix an experiment we did this year (fruit decomposition, heart rate and exercise,
etc)
 Design something! (Here’s you chance to invent the bed-maker-automatic!)
 What do you love to do? (Yes!You can play video games for this HW assignment!)
 What’s a topic you want to know more about? (Do pea plants really have dominant
and recessive traits?)
 What do you think would improve the world? (How can we help people with
arthritis?)
 Use your life for a spring board!
https://www.googlesciencefair.com/springboard/en/

11.  What factors affect mold
growth?
 What affects do certain
chemicals have on plant life?
 How do planaria react to
changes in light, pH, or
temperature changes?
 Are night insects attracted to
lamps because of heat or light?
 Do bacteria affect plant
growth?
 How does exercise affect body
temperature?
 Which is more effective
against bacteria, hand
sanitizers or soap?
 How does the salinity of water
affect the hatching population
of brine shrimp?
 How does the volume of sound
affect heart rate?
 How does the age of a person
affect reaction time?
 How does the type of music
affect heart rate?

Botany Science Fair Project
Ideas
How does magnetism affect the
growth of blooms?
 Which plants are the best
conductors of electricity?
 How do different types of water
(distilled, acidic) affect plants?
 How do different colors of light
affect plant growth?
 How do phosphates affect
aquatic plants?
 How does soil temperature
affect seed germination?
 How does soil temperature
affect root growth?
 Do vitamins affect plant
growth?
 Do plants grow better in water
or soil?
 Does the 5 second rule work?
 What is the impact of
temperature on the rate of
decomposition?