8-week Schedule

Many science projects take time to complete.  If you are growing something, etc.,  you will need to think and plan ahead.  If you have 8 weeks before the science fair, you can use this schedule as is.  Some things can be combined if the timeline is shorter.

 

Week #1

• Choose your topic.
• Organize your notebook.
• Ask questions.

Week #2

• Research your chosen topic.

Week #3

• Finish your research.
• Define your problem.
• Develop your hyposthesis.
• Design your experiment.

Week #4

• Turn in an experiment summary to your parent/teacher for approval.
• Gather all needed materials for your experiment.
• Start your experiment.

Week #5

• Set up an outline for your project report.
• Continue your experiment.
• Begin collecting materials for your display.

Week #6

• Continue your experiment.
• Write the first draft of your project report.
• Sketch some designs for your display.

Week #7

• Finish your experiment.
• Revise list of materials needed for the experiment and the steps of the procedure, if necessary.
• Analyze your data, and draw your conclusions.
• Revise the project report.

Week #8

• Complete your display.
• Edit and type the final draft of the project report.
• Prepare for the fair.

FAIR DATE:  February 27th, 2016