Board Guidelines

PROBLEM

PURPOSE

HYPOTHESIS

MATERIALS

METHODS

TITLE

DATA TABLES

GRAPHS

PICTURES(all pictures must have a label

and description)

OBSERVATIONS

CONCLUSIONS There is a clear statement of

what your project has proved base on the data on your board

Describes the relationship between independent and dependent variable

Describes how patterns, trends, or lack of trends are in the data

Provides a possible explanation for validating the study

Interpretation of data either supports or refutes hypothesis, If hypothesis is disproved, what new hypothesis is presented?

Explains how experiment can be advised to increase their reliability

Explain any sources of error and how they might be reduced (validity)

What you would change and why

Appropriate sample size Identify any weaknesses in your

design and describe any improvement that can be made if repeated

FUTURE WORK Explain how your main findings

can be applied to real world applications

Why was this study important to the scientific community?

How will your findings impact society?

identify how the project leads to further avenues of research

explain why you would/would not continue with the project.

WORKS CITED