Project Guides. View Site Map. Science Projects. Grade Levels. Physical Science. Earth and Environmental Science. Behavioral and Social Science. Almost all scientists and engineers agree that an abstract should have the following five pieces: Introduction. This is where you describe the purpose for doing your science fair project or invention.
Why should anyone care about the work you did? You have to tell them why. Did you explain something that should cause people to change the way they go about their daily business? If you made an invention or developed a new procedure how is it better, faster, or cheaper than what is already out there? Motivate the reader to finish the abstract and read the entire paper or display board.
Problem Statement. Identify the problem you solved or the hypothesis you investigated. What was your approach for investigating the problem? Don't go into detail about materials unless they were critical to your success.
Do describe the most important variables if you have room. What answer did you obtain? List of Partners vendors. How can you help your child with her science fair project when you don't understand the many terms used? Read on for some definitions to bring you up to speed, along with thoughts on how working with your child on a science fair project can improve your relationship.
Science fairs are a great way to teach kids to investigate our world. From breakthroughs in our understanding of the biology of cancer to disease outbreaks such as the Zika virus to fears about the Yellowstone supervolcano, these topics are in the news daily. At the same time, the world has changed, and kids are often learning terms unfamiliar to their parents.
It's not just learning science that's at stake here. Relationships between children and parents are changing. First, we heard about the quality of time versus the quantity, but now that quality time is often threatened by anything with a screen. Doing a science project with your child—with your phones turned off or in another room—is a great opportunity to re-establish or improve your connection. Even the times when we converse with each other, the topics have changed.
The latest media hype or Hollywood antics have replaced some of the more in-depth topics of discussion. With a science project , you may discuss problems that are more meaningful than the last media scare or celebrity slip-up. For example, how do doctors figure out how a drug works to treat cancer? What happens when you are stung by a mosquito, and why do some people receive more bites than others? How do we know the world isn't flat? How should you behave around a person with autism, and what is life like for that person.
What happens to children who are bullied? To be an active parent in helping with the project, you'll likely be reading scientific publications. There's no need to panic. After your child poses a question for her science fair project, she will be asked to generate a hypothesis.
If she is experimenting, you will need to identify the dependent and independent variables. If these terms are already leaving you confused, don't fret. Here's a list of the science project terms and definitions you need to know as a parent. An abstract should explain the project concisely, using about words.
Analysis : The explanation of the data your child has gathered. The analysis will describe the results of the experiment, what those results proved, whether or not the hypothesis was correct and why , and what your child learned.
Application : The real-world implications of what an experiment discovered. In other words, how that information can be used to make changes to how something is done. The conclusion sums everything up. Control : The component or variable of the experiment in which nothing changes or is changed. Data : Data is information, specifically, the information gathered before, during, and after an experiment that is used to reach a conclusion.
Dependent Variable : The dependent variable is the component or piece of the experiment that changes based on the independent variable.
Display Board : The free-standing cardboard, typically trifold, on which your child will display information about his science fair project. Develop your idea into a question you can test. Your question should follow the format, "How does [input] affect [output]?
Design your experiment and keep track of the results. Remember to only change one variable and conduct your experiment multiple times for each trial. Each trial should be repeated in exactly the same way. Now that your experiment is done, it's time to examine your results. You want to look for trends in your results and draw conclusions from those trends.
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