Form Your Hypothesis

How to form your hypothesis:
The topic that you have selected, is one that interests you and that you can feel good about putting time into. Since you have some knowledge of your topic already, you should be able to make an educated guess as to what may happen at the end of the experiment. It is important to do this guess before you investigate anything, so that it can be compared to the factual information in your conclusion. You can then determine if your hypothesis was correct or not. This does not affect the value of your work and experiment.


Jenna's Diary — January 16th




When Jenna's mom got home from work, she had some things to do so they did not get to sit down until after dinner. Jenna's mom looked at the books and magazine articles she had found.

"Well Jenna, what are your ideas?"

"There are four types of soil mom: sandy, rocky, clay and dirt. From what I have read, it seems as though dirt that has lots of nutrients will grow the best grass."

"That does make sense, Jenna. Why not ask Mr. Eisnaugle, your science teacher, what he thinks about your project and hypothesis when you're at school tomorrow?"

"I will mom. Can I go watch TV now?"

"As long as the rest of your homework is done, honey."

"It is mom."

 

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Your science fair project
is a process. You start
with your idea, follow six steps, and knock 'em
dead at the fair.


Follow the links below
for step by step
instructions on doing
your project.

Your Topic
Collect Information
Form Your Hypothesis

Test Your Hypothesis
Do Your Observations
Report Your Results
Tips To Win

 


There are plenty of local resources to help you with your project.

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