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Tri-fold Presentation Elements http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair- projects/project_display_board.shtml

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Checklist • Does your display board include: – Title – Abstract – Question – Variables and hypothesis – Background research – Materials list – Experimental procedure – Data analysis and discussion including data chart(s) & graph(s) – Conclusions (including ideas for future research) – Acknowledgements – Bibliography

Organization • Organize your information like a newspaper so that your audience can quickly follow the thread of your experiment by reading from top to bottom, then left to right. Include each step of your science fair project: Abstract, question, hypothesis, variables, background research, and so on.

Pictures / Illustrations • A picture speaks a thousand words! Use photos or draw diagrams to present non- numerical data, to propose models that explain your results, or just to show your experimental setup. But, don't put text on top of photographs or images. It can be very difficult to read.

Abstract: • A brief summary of the project. An abstract should explain the project concisely, using about 200-250 words.

Purpose (problem) • The question the science project sets out to prove or test.

Hypothesis • The “educated guess” as to what will happen during a science experiment when certain variables are introduced or changed. Basically, a prediction of the answer to the question posed by the science fair project.

Procedure • The step-by-step directions of how to do an experiment. The procedure should be clear enough that anyone who reads it can replicate the experiment.

Conclusion • The answer to the intital question posed by your child’s science fair project. The conclusion sums everything up.

Sources • http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair- projects/project_display_board.shtml • http://childparenting.about.com/od/schoollea rning/a/Science-fair-project-terms.htm