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This is your TITLE slide click each slide and overwrite them

This is your TITLE slide click each slide and overwrite them. Name & Period. What ’ s My Idea…. This is where you explain why you chose this project Example: There is always a lot of dust on our piano. I want to find out where dust comes from and why there is so much of it in the air.

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This is your TITLE slide click each slide and overwrite them

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  1. This is your TITLE slide click each slide and overwrite them Name & Period

  2. What’s My Idea… This is where you explain why you chose this project Example: There is always a lot of dust on our piano. I want to find out where dust comes from and why there is so much of it in the air

  3. MYQUESTION Write a QUESTION for your experiment. You might have more than one question, but pick ONE thing that you are going to focus on.Remember, your question has to be something you can test. Example: Where in Utah County is the air the dirtiest (has the most dust etc.)?

  4. RESEARCH: • You must to research before you can do an experiment…Facts you have found doing your pre-project research go here. Example: I researched what causes dust and other pollutantsand I found out that…

  5. HYPOTHESIS • This is what you think the answer to your question is.Example: • My research indicates that cars are a big source of pollution; therefore, I think that cars are the biggest pollutants in Utah county so I think I will find the most particles in the air near the freeway

  6. These are the MATERIALS I will need Write your material list here:Example:Card stock Vaselinescissorsstring Hole punch Microscope plastic bags

  7. VARIABLES List your VariablesINDEPENDENT (what you are doing in your testing)My independent variable is: where the sticky cards are hungDEPENDENT (What happens because of what you do to test it)My dependent variable is how many particles each square collectsCONTROL (all the things in your project that are kept the same)My controls are: size of paper, amount of vaseline, height hung, time hanging, time of year etc.

  8. EXPERIMENT • Step by step explanation of what you are going to do goes hereExample:Cut the card stock into 4 cm squares • Punch a hole in the top of each square • Smear the squares with a light coating of Vaseline (about 1 mm or ¼ tsp) on one side only • Hang the squares at specific locations (a park, up in the canyon, by the freeway, a shopping center, by your home etc.)Wait a week, then carefully collect the squares – do NOT smear the Vaseline. • Count the particles stuck to the paper using the microscope.

  9. PHOTO DATA You need to show us what you did, with pictures of YOU doing it. You can add as many pictures as you need – they should focus on before, during, and after parts of your project

  10. Photo Data • You can add as many pictures as you need – they should focus on before, during, and after parts of your project

  11. DATA GRAPH • Data you collect goes here in the form of a GRAPHexample: Particulates # counted Area Tested

  12. WHAT DID I FIND OUT? • Explain what you learned:This is an ANALYSIS of your Data Example: • I learned that the squares hung near the freeway contained 60% more particles than those near the park. (Use words that can be measured. DO NOT USE WORDS LIKE MORE- LESS- BETTER- WORSE etc. )This is NOT your conclusion!!!

  13. CONCLUSION • Your final summary statement: This IS your conclusion – your data either supports it or does not support it –it does NOT PROVE you are right or wrong – so don’t say thatExample: My experiment supports my hypothesis that most of the junk in our air comes from cars.

  14. Mistakes or Suggestions • Here’s where you get to explain to us what you did wrong and what you could do betterexample: • I could have had more squares in each area • I could have had the squares hang for longer periods of time • I could have used something less messy than Vaseline

  15. References and Citations • You don’t want to plagiarize (that means to copy someone else’s work and take the credit), put down all your sources here: books, names, URLS etc. Cite them like this: [book] Author. (year). Name of article. Name of book. Where published: Publisher. [Website] Author. (year). Name of article. Name of publication or website. Retrieved (month, day, year), from complete URL

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