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Explain it and Show it Off!

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 Almost done!  Before you get your display board and show off your experiment, you need to write a conclusion.  Think about what happened.  Was your hypothesis true or not?  Write a summary of what you found out.  Here's how you do it:


Writing a Conclusion
Your conclusions summarize how your results support or contradict your original hypothesis:
  • Summarize your science fair project results in a few sentences and use this summary to support your conclusion. Include key facts from your background research to help explain your results as needed.

  • State whether your results support or contradict your hypothesis. (Engineering & programming projects should state whether they met their design criteria.)

  • Summarize and evaluate your experimental procedure, making comments about its success and effectiveness.

  • Suggest changes in the experimental procedure (or design) and/or possibilities for further study.  Source: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_conclusions.shtml

 

Displaying your Project
Check out these examples and see what you like.  There are many ways to display your project, but these examples are the standard and will probably get you better results at the Science Fair.
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For more info on dispalying your project and writing a conclusion check out these links:
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_display_board.shtml
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_guide_index.shtml