5th / 6th grade Science Fair Research Report



This is What Your Science Fair Report Should Look Like(Use 12 point font- Arial or Times New Roman the entire time, except for the title)Ajita KennedyPortage Park Elementary SchoolRoom 204DateTable of ContentsTable of Contents2Acknowledgements3Question/Purpose/Variables4Hypothesis5Review of Literature6Materials7Procedures8Results9Conclusion10Reference List11AcknowledgementsThis is where you write a thank you to everyone who helped you with your report. This may include siblings, parents, librarians, teachers, etc.Question/Purpose/VariablesState the question you are trying to answer. Explain why you wanted to conduct this project. You will state your control and your independent and dependent variables. Your control is a part of your experiment that you DO NOT CHANGE. An independent variable is what you DO CHANGE to test your hypothesis. The dependent variable is the result you get from conducting the experiment.HypothesisYour hypothesis is an educated guess as to what you think will happen when you conduct your experiment. It should be an if….then… because statement.For example, “If fern plants are fed with water, Gatorade, and Coke, then the plant fed with water will grow better because there are no chemicals and impurities in water that will be harmful to plants like there are in Gatorade and Coke.”Review of LiteratureThis is the research portion of your paper. It should be written in the third person (don’t say “I” or “we”). It should also include a variety sources. There are three (3) major components: 1) general background information that describes characteristics of the independent and dependent variables (definition of key terms important to the experiment), 2) look at previous research that describes any scientific research directly related to the project, and 3) description of the problem you are solving that includes the reason and purpose for your project. We start filling out a general outline to help guide you in the review of literature.MaterialsAs you are working you need to keep track of absolutely everything you used to conduct your experiments. THIS INCLUDES HOW MUCH OF EACH THING YOU USED. You should describe the items specifically and explain how they were used in your project.ProceduresYour procedures are what you did to test your hypothesis. This will be written step by step in chronological order. It is to be written so that someone else can read your procedures and follow the same steps to conduct your experiment. Remember to include the size of your test groups and the number of trials you conducted.ResultsThis is where you evaluate and interpret what happened when you conducted your experiment. You are to record what you observed each time you conducted the experiment. Data should be organized into tables and charts, as well as graphs if possible. Your data should be numerical and should include the unit of measurement used (cm, in, ft, seconds, minutes, days, weeks, number of…).ConclusionYour conclusion is a comparison of what you actually observed and your hypothesis or what you thought would happen. You will say whether you were right or wrong. You should then give an explanation as to why you were right or why you were wrong based on what you learned through your research.Reference ListThis is a list showing where you obtained all of your research material. There is a specific format you are to follow when writing your bibliography; it will be described on the handout, “Give Credit Where It’s Due”, but you may use your Science notebook or loose leaf paper placed in your Science Fair folder to record information from your sources. Use the handout you were given to format your references correctly. ................
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