Science Exit Project Schedule 2019
Assignment
Due Date: December 16, 2019
Choose a topic:
Pick a topic that you find interesting and want to investigate. Once you choose a topic, it cannot be changed!!
Friday
September 13th
Write your big question/problem:
After you have decided what topic you want to study, create a question (based only on your topic) that can be investigated. Make sure it is a question that you can investigate yourself.
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Friday
September 27th
Purpose:
Explain why you chose that particular problem /topic. Why does this interest you? What purpose does this topic have to the real world? How does your question help science?
Friday
September 27th
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Background Information:
Research your topic using books, magazines, encyclopedias, the Internet and information from professionals (such as scientists or doctors). Make sure you research the “who, what, when, why, where, or how” of your topic. Students will be required to use at least 1 book source AND 1 internet source.
Friday
October 25th
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Write a hypothesis:
A hypothesis is an educated guess about what you think the outcome of your experiment will be. It should be in the form of “If……., then……….., because ………”
Monday
November 4th
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Materials:
This is a numbered list of all the materials that will be needed for your project.
Friday
November 8th
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Procedure:
This is a step-by-step list that you will be following in order to find an answer to your question. Once procedure is approved, you will be allowed to conduct your experiment and collect data.
Friday
November 15
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Observations and Results:
Your observations and results should be in form of data tables and charts. Your data can then be analyzed by making graphs and written text.
Friday
December 6th
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Conclusion
Draw conclusions about your experiment using what you have learned about writing conclusions. What did your experiment prove? Was your hypothesis correct and how do you know? Did you make any mistakes and how did those mistakes affect your results? Final project/presentation.
Monday
December 16th
ALL PARTS OF THE SCIENCE EXIT PROJECT MUST BE TYPED IN ORDER TO BE GRADED