THE SCIENCE PROJECT WORKSHEET SYSTEM
1) TOPIC SELECTION
2) RESEARCH NOTES
3) RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY
4) RESEARCH GLOSSARY
5) EXPERIMENT DESIGN
6) EXPERIMENT PROCEDURE
7) EXPERIMENT DATA
8) EXP. DATA ANALYSIS
9) EXPERIMENT WRITE UP
10) ABSTRACT
11) DISPLAY BOARD
12) FORMAL REPORT
FORMAL REPORT
(present experiment journal information in a formal written report format)
Only 1 side of each page should be written on.
If hand written, use a blue or black pen, write very neatly on every line, and leave 1 line blank between sections.
If typed, lines should be single spaced with a double space in between sections.
The report must include the following pages and information.
TITLE PAGE
title, name, period, date, teachers name, school name
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE
list each section and state which page number of the report it is found on
TOPIC RESEARCH PAGE
Label this section with the following underlined heading.
Background Research Information
(this is a 1 to 3 page summary of what you learned about your topic through background research)
EXPERIMENT DESIGN PAGE
Label each section with the following underlined headings.
Problem
(the question the experiment will answer)
Hypothesis
(an educated guess at the answer to the problem)
Independent Variable
(what is purposely changed before the experiment to test what will happen)
Dependent Variable
(what is measured numerically to answer the problem of the project)
Control
(part of the experiment without the independent variable)
Materials
(list of all necessary supplies, equipment, measurement devices and safety)
Constants
(factors kept the same that could change or affect the dependent variable of the experiment- don’t forget to consider materials used)
PROCEDURE PAGE
EXPERIMENT WRITE UP PAGE
Label each section with the following underlined headings.
Results
(interpret the graphs and answer to the problem)
Conclusion
(restate hypothesis, state if it was correct and explain why using data numbers)
Applications
(something useful the results and conclusion can be used to do)
Recommendations
(changes in the procedure to make this experiment more reliable, accurate and thorough)
Summary
(briefly restate problem and answer to the problem)
GLOSSARY PAGE
10 vocabulary terms from report with definitions
highlight or underline these words in the report
BIBLIOGRAPHY PAGE
include 3 different types of sources and must use proper format
FORMAL REPORTFORMAL REPORT