Science Fair
Projects
Choose a Question
 Must
be written as a question
 Should
be interesting to the student.

Has to be testable (NO BUILDING
MODELS)

You will be able to complete in the
required time.
Title
 Choose
a title that reflects your topic and
is creative and catchy.
 MAKE
 Big
THE PROJECT STAND OUT!
enough for Judges to read from far
away.
Hypothesis
Make a guess to the previous
question you wrote.
 This
is how you think your
experiment will turn out, before you
even try it.
 Example:
“ If I __________ then I think
_____” will happen.
Make a complete list
of everything you will
use in your experiment.
Tell how many and
how much of each
object used.
Use metric measures
only.
List Your
Materials
GOOD
IDEA TO TAKE
PHOTOS OF YOUR
MATERIALS OR DISPLAY
THEM FOR THE JUDGES THE
DAY OF THE FAIR.
Procedure
 Write
down step-by-step directions on
how to do your experiment.
 Do

not leave anything out!
This can be numbered in a list format, or written in
paragraph form.
Do your experiment.
Have fun ! Take pictures of you doing the actual
experiment. STUDENT FACES MUST BE
HIDDEN.
If you need to borrow Goggles, please see your teacher
before experimenting.
NO Animals, No Dangerous Chemicals, No flames,
No Weapons, No tests allowed on Human subjects
Collect Data :

Display data using photographs, drawings,
journal entries, charts, tables, and line, bar or
pie graphs.

This is the proof and information of what
happened in your experiment.

RESULTS: Using your data write a few
sentences how your experiment turned out.
Conclusion
 Write
down what you learned from doing
this experiment, include if your hypothesis
was correct or incorrect.
 “My
Hypothesis was ____________. I
learned that ______________________.”

You can write what you would do different if
you did the experiment again. “Next time, I
would ______________ to my experiment, to see
what happens.”
Make Your Board
 Start
your information on the top left
panel of the board, move down the left
panel, across the middle panel, and from
the top down on the right panel.
 Place
pictures of your experiment on your
board. (YOUR FACE CAN NOT BE IN THE
PHOTOS)
Make your Board
Helpful Resources
Milam 2015 Science fair Handbook (more detailed)
Due Dates for Milam
Judges Scoring Sheet Rubric (see how you will be graded)