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Pop Quiz #1
This is the first in a series of “pop quizzes” for science fair competitors to practice their skills. Think of them as “time trials” for cycling or “scrimmages” for soccer. Feel free to leave your...
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Pop Quiz #2: Quantitative Variables
Which of the following are QUANTITATIVE variables (and therefore would make good dependent variables)? Hint: For definitions on quantitative vs. qualitative and dependent vs. independent variables see...
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New Year’s Resolution: Design your own science fair project!
Think about your favorite recipe, one you make the exact same way every time. Perhaps the recipe is for chocolate chip cookies, or banana bread, or apple pie. Now imagine you are partway through the...
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How to make the Mentos-Soda explosion into a winning science fair project
So you really just want to make a mess and blow something up, but if you learn scientific method along the way, we’ll call it a win-win! First, check out the description of the reaction and photos from...
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Replicate! Replicate! Replicate!
The single biggest mistake in all the science fair projects I evaluated yesterday was no replication or incorrect replication, so today’s post is geared toward covering this specific topic. All science...
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How to graph data for your science fair project
Once you have your data, you will need to present it to your teacher and science fair judges. In a science publication, you would choose between a table and a graph, but for the science fair project it...
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The KEY to designing your own science fair project is …
So you have to do a science fair project and there are plenty of websites that will give you detailed, step-by-step directions like a recipe for a cake – but, that’s not “real science”. If you have...
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Data Driven Science
Science is all about the data – so many scientists envision the data they are going to generate BEFORE they do experiments. . It is a good way of approaching a science fair project because you will...
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This time of year, most of the questions I get focus on how to graph the data collected. If you are trying to decide between a line graph and a bar graph… it usually is not your choice. The type of...
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