Step 3: Students create their science fair project plan.
Now that your students have generated their investigation questions,
they need to plan how they will test those questions. The first step in
the planning process is research.
Schedule a time to take your students to the library and/or the computer
lab. Before you go, ask your students to make a list of the questions
they would like to research and share these with you and their classmates.
Students might choose to research such questions as (Questions are linked
to the science journal):
- What are the science words I
need to define for my project?
- What are the science ideas I
need to understand for my project?
- Who has already done research
on my project? What have they done?
- Are their any scientists
in my local area I can talk to about my project?
- How can I use tests that
scientists have already done for my project?
- What equipment will I need
for my project? How will I get this equipment?
- For a controlled experiment,
what are my variables? My controls?
Guide students to appropriate books, journals and other resources as they
research their project questions. They should record their findings in
their science fair journals or notebook
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